minans
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of minor.
Participle edit
mināns (genitive minantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- protruding, projecting, towering
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.240:
- “Illa subit mediaeque mināns inlābitur urbī.”
- “That [wooden horse] advances, towering [high], and glides into the middle [of Troy].”
(Translations vary: The large wooden horse is “towering” over the city, and it is “menacing,” although the Trojans fail to understand its true intent.)
- “That [wooden horse] advances, towering [high], and glides into the middle [of Troy].”
- “Illa subit mediaeque mināns inlābitur urbī.”
- threatening, menacing
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mināns | minantēs | minantia | ||
| Genitive | minantis | minantium | |||
| Dative | minantī | minantibus | |||
| Accusative | minantem | mināns | minantēs minantīs |
minantia | |
| Ablative | minante minantī1 |
minantibus | |||
| Vocative | mināns | minantēs | minantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References edit
- “minans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Swedish edit
Noun edit
minans