minax

Latin

Etymology

From minor (“I jut forth, protrude, project”) +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.naːks/, [ˈmɪ.naːks]

Adjective

mināx (genitive minācis); third declension

projecting, overhanging (jutting out)
threatening, menacing

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	mināx			minācēs	minācia
genitive	minācis			minācium
dative	minācī			minācibus
accusative	minācem	mināx		minācēs	minācia
ablative	minācī			minācibus
vocative	mināx			minācēs	minācia

Descendants

Catalan: amenaça
Friulian: menace
Italian: minace, minaccia
Old French: manace, menace
- English: menace, minacious
- French: menace
- Norman: m'niche

Old Portuguese: mẽaça, amẽaça
- Galician: ameaza
- Portuguese: ameaça, minaz
Old Spanish: menaça, amenaça
- Ladino: amenasa
- Spanish: amenaza, menaza, minaz
  - Papiamentu: amenasa

References

minax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
minax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
minax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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