The corpus record — Latin

minax

minax · adj

jutting out, projecting

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Where it lives

Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 7 · 6.21/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Agamemnon 3 · 5.39/10k
Carmina 7 · 5.27/10k
Oedipus 3 · 5.06/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Hercules 3 · 3.94/10k
Medea 2 · 3.53/10k
In Rufinum 2 · 3.49/10k
Pharsalia 17 · 3.34/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k

Densest 12 of 70 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

mĭnax — Lewis & Short

mĭnax, ācis, adj.1. minor, lit.,

I jutting out, projecting.

I Lit. (poet.): minaci Pendentem scopulo, overhanging, projecting, Verg. A. 8, 668: robur saxi, overlying, incumbent, Lucr. 1, 881.—

II Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).

A Of living things: Indutiomarus iste minax atque arrogans, Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72: vituli nondum metuenda fronte minaces, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.: adversus barbaros minacissimus, Suet. Calig. 51.—

B Of inanimate things: aequor saevum minaxque, Ov. H. 19, 85: fluvii, Verg. G. 3, 77: pestilentia minacior, Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: vox, Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: unda, id. ib. 1, 12, 31: genus dicendi, Quint. 11, 1, 3: vultus, significant, Calp. 4, 1: fortuna, Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, threateningly, menacingly, with threats or menaces (class.): adversarios minaciter terrere, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: dictum, Quint. 1, 5, 9.—Comp.: minacius dicere quam facere, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.

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