minacia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Late Old Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈnaːkia/
(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /mɪˈnakʲa/

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the neuter plural of mināx (“threatening”, adj.). Attested in Plautus and Arnobius the Younger.[1]

Noun

minācia f (genitive mināciae); first declension (Old Latin, Late Latin)

threat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	minācia	mināciae
Genitive	mināciae	mināciārum
Dative	mināciae	mināciīs
Accusative	mināciam	mināciās
Ablative	mināciā	mināciīs
Vocative	minācia	mināciae

Derived terms

*mināciō

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: minaccia
  - →? Friulian: menace
North Italian:
- Friulian: manase
- Romansch: imnatscha
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: manace, menace, menache, menaiche
  - French: menace
  - Norman: m'niche, méniche
  - → Middle English: manace
    - English: menace
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: menaça
  - Catalan: amenaça
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: mẽaça, amẽaça; meaça, ameaça
  - Galician: ameaza
  - Portuguese: ameaça
- Old Spanish: menaça
  - Ladin: amenasa
  - Spanish: menaza, amenaza
    - Papiamentu: amenasa
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: minatta (Logudorese)
Germanic:
- English: minacy, minacity, minacious

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mĭnācia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 99

Adjective

minācia

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mināx

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