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1. mĭna (mna, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), ae, f., = μνᾶ.

  1. I. A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq.
  2. II. A Greek money of account.
    1. A. The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency): argenti, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.
      Also absol.: mina, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: minae bonae mala opera partae, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.
    2. B. Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one: alia opust auri mina, Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.

2. mĭna, ae, f.

  1. I. adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly: mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.), Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.
  2. II. Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.

mĭnābĭlĭter, adv. [1. minor], threateningly: minabiliter, ἀπειλητικῶς, Gloss. Philox.

* mĭnācĭae, arum, f. [minae], menaces, threats, with a play upon the double meaning of minae; v. 1. mina: at ego oves et lanam et alia multa quae poscet dabo. Meliust te minis certare mecum quam minaciis, Plaut. Truc. 5, 55 sq. (but Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 16; id. Capt. 4, 2, 22, the true reading is minae).

mĭnācĭter, adv., v. minax fin.

mĭnae, ārum, f. [root min-, only in Lat.; cf.: mentum, minari, and perh. mons], the projecting points or pinnacles of walls (only poet.).

  1. I. Lit.: minae murorum, Verg. A. 4, 88: moenium, Amm. 24, 2, 12; 24, 2, 19; 29, 6, 11; 20, 6, 2.
  2. II. Trop., threats, menaces, of animate and inanimate things (class.).
    1. A. Of living beings: si quidem hercle Aeacidinis minis animisque expletus cedit, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 25: virtutem hominibus instituendo et persuadendo, non minis et vi ac metu tradi, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: terrēre minis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 261): minas jactare, to throw out threats, Cic. Quint. 14, 47: intendere alicui, Tac. A. 3, 36.
      Of the threats used by cattle-drivers, Ov. P. 1, 8, 56.
      Poet., of a bull: nullae in fronte minae, Ov. M. 2, 857; of a snake: tol lentemque minas, raising threats, i. e. raising himself in a threatening posture, Verg. G. 3, 421.
    2. B. Of inanimate things (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): aspice, quam saevas increpat aura minas, Prop. 1, 17, 6: hibernae, Tib. 2, 3, 46: ingentes parturit ira minas, Ov. H. 12, 208: caelestes minae territabant, Flor. 2, 8, 3; forebodings of misfortune, Val. Fl. 5, 342.

Minaei (Minnaei), ōrum, m., a people of Arabia, celebrated for their myrrh and frankincense, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 155 sqq.; Prisc. Perieg. 888.
Hence, adj.: Mĭnae-us, a, um, of or belonging to the Minæi: tus, Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 53: murra, id. 12, 16, 35, § 69.

mĭnanter, adv., v. 1. minor fin.

mĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. minor], a threatening, threat, menace, as an action (rare but class.): quae illaec est minatio? Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 19: minationes, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 288: imperiosis minationibus confutare, Tullius Tiro ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 13 Hertz.

mĭnātor, ōris, m. [1. minor], one who drives cattle with threats, a cattle-driver, a drover (post-class.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 3 fin.

mĭnātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [minator], threatening (post-class.): sonitu minatoric (al. minaci), Amm 17, 7, 14.

mĭnax, ācis, adj. [1. minor], lit., jutting out, projecting.

  1. I. Lit. (poet.): minaci Pendentem scopulo, overhanging, projecting, Verg. A. 8, 668: robur saxi, overlying, incumbent, Lucr. 1, 881.
  2. II. Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

1. mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project.

  1. I. Lit. (only poet.): geminique minantur In caelum scopuli, Verg. A. 1, 162: saxa minantia caelo, Sil. 4, 2.
  2. II. Transf., to threaten, menace one with any thing; constr. alicui, alicui aliquid, with abl., with acc. and inf., or with ne.
    1. A. In gen. (class.).
          1. (α) Alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149.
          2. (β) Alicui aliquid: crucem minari alicui, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102.
          3. (γ) With abl.: coepit minari interdum ferro, Sall. C. 23, 3.
          4. (δ) With acc. and inf.: ab hac minatus sese abire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 14: dolor se patientiam debilitaturum minatur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 75.
            (ε) With ne: minor interminorque, nequis, etc., Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 11 Fleck.
      1. 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.
    2. B. In partic., like the Gr. ἀπειλεῖν, 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.