minitor
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrequentative verb of minor.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.tor/, [ˈmɪnɪt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.tor/, [ˈmiːnit̪or]
Verb
editminitor (present infinitive minitārī or minitārier, perfect active minitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to threaten
Conjugation
edit1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “minitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “minitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- minitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum
- to threaten with fire and sword: minitari alicui igni ferroque (Phil. 13. 9. 21)
- to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum