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mĭnor

mĭnor · v. dep

to jut forth, project

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What it meant

1. mĭnor — Lewis & Short

mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (

I act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project.

I Lit. (only poet.): geminique minantur In caelum scopuli, Verg. A. 1, 162: saxa minantia caelo, Sil. 4, 2.—

II Transf., to threaten, menace one with any thing; constr. alicui, alicui aliquid, with abl., with acc. and inf., or with ne.

A In gen. (class.).

(a) Alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149. —

(b) Alicui aliquid: crucem minari alicui, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102.—

(g) With abl.: coepit minari interdum ferro, Sall. C. 23, 3. —

(d) With acc. and inf.: ab hac minatus sese abire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 14: dolor se patientiam debilitaturum minatur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 75.—(e) With ne: minor interminorque, nequis, etc., Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 11 Fleck. —

2 Of inanim. things: cum domus mea ardore suo deflagrationem Urbi minabatur, Cic. Planc. 40, 95: plaustra populo minantur, Juv. 3, 256: illa (ornus) usque minatur, et tremefacta comam concusso vertice nutat, i. e. threatens to fall, gives signs of falling, Verg. A. 2, 628: nil color caeli minatur, Juv 14, 294: quodcumque minabitur arcus, Hor. A. P. 350.—

B In partic., like the Gr. a)peilei=n, to promise boastfully (poet.): atqui vultus erat multa et praeclara minantis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 9: qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihil, Phaedr. 4, 21, 4.—Hence, mĭnanter, adv., threateningly, with threats, = minaciter: multa minanter agat, Ov. A. A. 3, 582.

2. mĭnor — Lewis & Short

mĭnor, us,

I less, smaller inferior, etc.; comp., from parvus, q. v.

3. minor — Walde–Hofmann

minor, -öris „kleiner, geringer“; Pl. „kleine Leute; Nachkommen“ seit Xll tab., rom., ebenso mingrö, -üre „verkleinern“ seit Tert. [-atiö f. seit Itala), Ntr. minus „kleiner“; Adv. „weniger“ (auch in sz minus, quóminus; seit All tab., rom. [als Praef. z. T. in Vermischung mit germ. *miss-?, Brüch RLR. 2, 48); minusculus „etwas kleiner“ seit Plt. und Cato [nach piüseulum, Leumann-Stolz* 216; vgl. auch miscellus unter … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. minor, p. 998]

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