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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=minax (gen.), minacis ADJ :: [[threatening]]; [[boding ill]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mĭnax</b>: ācis, adj. 1. [[minor]], lit.,<br /><b>I</b> jutting [[out]], projecting.<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[poet]].): minaci Pendentem scopulo, [[overhanging]], projecting, Verg. A. 8, 668: [[robur]] saxi, overlying, [[incumbent]], Lucr. 1, 881.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[threatening]], [[menacing]], [[full]] of threats or menaces ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[living]] things: [[Indutiomarus]] [[iste]] [[minax]] [[atque]] [[arrogans]], Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72: vituli [[nondum]] metuenda fronte minaces, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.: [[adversus]] barbaros minacissimus, Suet. Calig. 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[inanimate]] things: [[aequor]] saevum minaxque, Ov. H. 19, 85: fluvii, Verg. G. 3, 77: [[pestilentia]] minacior, Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: vox, Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: [[unda]], id. ib. 1, 12, 31: [[genus]] dicendi, Quint. 11, 1, 3: [[vultus]], [[significant]], Calp. 4, 1: [[fortuna]], Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, [[threateningly]], menacingly, [[with]] threats or menaces ([[class]].): adversarios [[minaciter]] terrere, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: [[dictum]], Quint. 1, 5, 9.—Comp.: minacius dicere [[quam]] facere, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mĭnāx</b>,¹⁰ ācis ([[minor]]), menaçant : Cic. Font. 36 ; minaces litteræ Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2, lettre de menaces &#124;&#124; [poét.] [[minax]] [[scopulus]] Virg. En. 8, 668, rocher qui menace de sa chute &#124;&#124; -cior Liv. 4, 52 ; -issimus Suet. Cal. 51.||[poét.] [[minax]] [[scopulus]] Virg. En. 8, 668, rocher qui menace de sa chute||-cior Liv. 4, 52 ; -issimus Suet. Cal. 51.
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{{Georges
|georg=mināx, ācis (1. [[minor]]), I) ragend, überragend, [[scopulus]], Verg. Aen. 8, 668. – II) übtr.: 1) [[drohend]], [[voll]] Drohungen, [[trotzig]], [[homo]], Cic.: reges, Hor.: [[litterae]], Cic.: [[epistula]], Suet.: verba, Ov.: oculi, Sen. u.a.: [[fluvius]], Verg.: [[pestilentia]] minacior [[quam]] perniciosior, Liv.: [[adversus]] [[barbaros]] minacissimus, Suet.: minacissimae iussiones, Augustin. epist. 118, 4. – Plur. subst., Hor. carm. 2, 7, 11. – 2) [[viel]] versprechend, [[bedeutungsvoll]], [[vultus]], Calp. ecl. 4, 1.
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