mĭnācĭae — Lewis & Short
mĭnācĭae, arum, f.minae,
I menaces, threats, with a play upon the double meaning of minae;
v. 1. mina: at ego oves et lanam et alia multa quae poscet dabo. Meliust te minis certare mecum quam minaciis,Plaut. Truc. 5, 55 sq. (but Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 16; id. Capt. 4, 2, 22, the true reading is minae).