mĭnĭtor — Lewis & Short
mĭnĭtor, ātus, 1 (
I inf. minitarier for minitari, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 3; id. Rud. 3, 1, 15.—Act. collat. form minito, āre; v. infra fin.), v. dep. freq. [1. minor], to threaten, menace a person with any thing; constr. alicui aliquid, alicui aliquā re, with inf., with acc. and inf., and absol. (class.).
(a) Alicui aliquid:
Mihin' malum minitare?Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 15:
ista horribilia minitare purpuratis tuis!Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; id. Phil. 13, 9, 21:
malum alicui,id. Caecin. 10, 27:
fratri mortem,id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:
virgas securesque omnibus,Liv. 3, 57, 3.—With acc.:
facito istud quod minitaris,Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 13:
quin consul arma minetur,Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
bellum,Quint. 3, 8, 19.—With dat.:
quis illest qui minitatur filio?Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 9:
alicui,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—
(b) Alicui aliquā re:
huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; 13, 21, 47:
huic urbi ferro flammāque minitans,id. Cat. 2, 1, 1 (Klotz, ferrum flammamque):
Caesari gladio,Sall. C. 49, 4.—With abl.: qui ferro minitere, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. ningulus, p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 133 Vahl.).—
(g) With inf.:
quod nunc minitare facere,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.—
(d) With acc. and inf.:
cur ergo minitaris tibi te vitam esse amissurum?Plaut. As. 3, 3, 2.—(e) Absol.:
etiam, carnufex, Minitare?Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 16:
noli minitari,id. Mil. 2, 4, 19.—Act. collat. form mĭnĭto, āre (ante-class.):
quae minitas mihi,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85: etiam minitas? Naev. ap. Non. 473, 32:
quid minitabas te facturum,Plaut. Fragm. ib. 33; Liv. Andron. Tr. 17.