comminor
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
com-mĭnor: ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I to threaten one with something, esp., in milit. lang., to threaten with an attack, to menace (in prose most freq. in the histt.; not in Cic.); constr. usu. alicui aliquid; rarely alicui aliquā re, aliquem, or absol.: comminando magis quam inferendo pugnam, Liv. 10, 39, 6: impetum, Auct. B. Afr. 71: obsidionem, Liv. 31, 26, 6; 42, 7, 5: necem alicui, Suet. Caes. 14: inter se, Liv. 44, 9, 7: alicui cuspide, Suet. Caes. 62: accusationem, Dig. 5, 2, 7.— With acc. pers., Dig. 1, 16, 9, § 3; 1, 12, 1, § 10 al.—Absol.: vox comminantis audita est, Suet. Calig. 22 fin.—Part.: commĭ-nātus, a, um, in pass. signif., threatened: mots alicul, App. M. 6, p. 184, 12: novercae nex, id. ib. 10, p. 241, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commĭnor,¹³ ātus sum, ārī, intr., adresser des menaces : alicui cuspide Suet. Cæs. 62, menacer qqn en lui présentant la pointe de son épée ; quid comminatus es mihi ? Pl. Aul. 417, pourquoi me menacer ? || [avec l’acc. de la chose] : comminari necem alicui Suet. Cæs. 14, 2, menacer qqn de mort ; comminanda oppugnatione Liv. 31, 26, 6, par la menace d’un assaut, cf. 42, 7, 5 || part. comminatus avec sens pass. : Apul. M. 6, 26 ; 10, 6 || comminari aliquem Paul. Dig. 1, 15, 3, 1 ; Ulp. Dig. 1, 16, 9, 3.
