minatio

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mĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. 1. minor,
I a threatening, threat, menace, as an action (rare but class.): quae illaec est minatio? Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 19: minationes, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 288: imperiosis minationibus confutare, Tullius Tiro ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 13 Hertz.