minax
Latin
Etymology
From minor (“I jut forth, protrude, project”) + -āx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.naːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.naks]
Adjective
mināx (genitive minācis, adverb mināciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- projecting, overhanging (jutting out)
- threatening, menacing
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mināx | minācēs | minācia | ||
| genitive | minācis | minācium | |||
| dative | minācī | minācibus | |||
| accusative | minācem | mināx | minācēs | minācia | |
| ablative | minācī | minācibus | |||
| vocative | mināx | minācēs | minācia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
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.