minacia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈnaː.ki.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈnaː.t͡ʃi.a]
Etymology 1
From mināx + -ia. Attested in Plautus and Arnobius the Younger.[1]
Noun
minācia f (genitive mināciae); first declension (Old Latin, Late Latin)
Usage notes
- Usually found in the plural mināciae.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | minācia | mināciae |
| genitive | mināciae | mināciārum |
| dative | mināciae | mināciīs |
| accusative | mināciam | mināciās |
| ablative | mināciā | mināciīs |
| vocative | minācia | mināciae |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: minatta (Logudorese)
- North Italian:
- Friulian: manase
- Romansch: imnatscha
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *mināciāre (see there for further descendants)
References
- minaciae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- minaciae in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “minaciae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĭnācia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 99
Etymology 2
Adjective
minācia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mināx