mĭnātĭo — Lewis & Short
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 ($3), 3, 13 Hertz.