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	mināx		minācēs	minācia
Genitive	minācis	minācis		minācium	minācium
Dative	minācī	minācī		minācibus	minācibus
Accusative	minācem	mināx		minācēs	minācia
Ablative	minācī	minācī		minācibus	minācibus
Vocative	mināx	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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