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(Ind. Present 1.sg.): minor
Active Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
Present participle:
mināns; minántis
Future participle:
minātúrus
Gerund:
minándum
Gerundive:
minándus
Passive Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
Perfect participle:
minā́tum
Active
Indicative
Present
Imperfect
I Future
Perfect
Pluperfect
II Future
Subjunctive
Present
Imperfect
Perfect
Pluperfect
II Imperative
| tū | minā́tor |
| is | minā́tor |
| iī | minántor |
Passive
Indicative
Present
| ego | minor |
| tū | minā́ris |
| is | minā́tur |
| nōs | minā́mur |
| vōs | minā́minī |
| iī | minántur |
Imperfect
| ego | minā́bar |
| tū | minābā́ris |
| is | minābā́tur |
| nōs | minābā́mur |
| vōs | minābā́minī |
| iī | minābántur |
I Future
| ego | minā́bor |
| tū | minā́beris |
| is | minā́bitur |
| nōs | minā́bimur |
| vōs | minābíminī |
| iī | minābúntur |
Perfect
| ego | minā́tus sum |
| tū | minā́tus es |
| is | minā́tus est |
| nōs | minā́tī sumus |
| vōs | minā́tī estis |
| iī | minā́tī sunt |
Pluperfect
| ego | minā́tus eram |
| tū | minā́tus erās |
| is | minā́tus erat |
| nōs | minā́tī erāmus |
| vōs | minā́tī erātis |
| iī | minā́tī erant |
II Future
| ego | minā́tus erō |
| tū | minā́tus eris |
| is | minā́tus erit |
| nōs | minā́tī erimus |
| vōs | minā́tī eritis |
| iī | minā́tī erunt |
Subjunctive
Present
| ego | miner |
| tū | minḗris |
| is | minḗtur |
| nōs | minḗmur |
| vōs | minḗminī |
| iī | minḗntur |
Imperfect
| ego | minā́rer |
| tū | minārḗris |
| is | minārḗtur |
| nōs | minārḗmur |
| vōs | minārḗminī |
| iī | minārḗntur |
Perfect
| ego | minā́tus sim |
| tū | minā́tus sīs |
| is | minā́tus sit |
| nōs | minā́tī sīmus |
| vōs | minā́tī sītis |
| iī | minā́tī sint |
Pluperfect
| ego | minā́tus essem |
| tū | minā́tus essēs |
| is | minā́tus esset |
| nōs | minā́tī essēmus |
| vōs | minā́tī essētis |
| iī | minā́tī essent |
Verbs conjugated like 'minor'
abalieno,
aberro,
abiudico,
abiuro,
ablego,
abnego,
abomino,
abominor,
abrogo,
abstulo,
abundo,
accelero,
accerso,
acclamo,
acclino,
accommodo,
accumulo,
accuro,
accuso,
acervo, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'minor'
Translations
threaten, to make a threat against someone; to use threats
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *men-
3. Proto-Italic *menā
4. Proto-Italic *(eks)menāder.
5. Latin minae
6. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
7. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
9. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
11. Proto-Italic *-ājō
12. Proto-Italic *-āō
13. Latin -ō
14. Latin minor
15. From minae (“threats; menaces”) + -ō (verbal suffix). Doublet of minō.
Verbs referencing "minor"
English
minor, French
amener, Franco-Provençal
menar.
Additional Information
Cognates
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Sample Sentences
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Hinc atque hinc vastae rūpēs, geminīque minantur
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in caelum scopulī, quōrum sub vertice lātē
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aequora tūta silent […].
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On either side of the vast rocky shoreline, twin pinnacles project into the sky, under whose highpoint[s] the wide, safe waters [lie] calm.
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(Literally, the towering rocks “project into the sky”; metaphorically, they “menace in heaven” – it is as if the safe harbor is guarded by natural watchtowers.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.162–164]
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Inachidae credunt accensum laudibus; ille
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aurigam fugit, aurigae furiale minatur (The sons of Inachus think him fired by praises, but it is the charioteer that he is flying, the charioteer that he threatens in maddened fury, and he looks round for his lord on all the plain.) [c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebais 6.428–430]
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Omnes minantur tibi dicuntque se conducturos Aurelium Ambrosium ex Armorico tractu ut te deposito ipsum in regem promoveant. (They all threaten you, saying they will be bringing from the lands of Brittany Aurelius Ambrosium and when finally dethroned making him in turn the king.) [12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum VI.305-307]
Vulgate Verses
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(Genesis 27:42) nuntiata sunt haec Rebeccae quae mittens et vocans Iacob filium suum dixit ad eum ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
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(Nahum 2:7) et miles captivus abductus est et ancillae eius minabantur gementes ut columbae murmurantes in cordibus suis And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
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(Judith 13:28) ut probes quia ita est ecce caput Holofernis qui in contemptu superbiae suae Deum Israhel contempsit et tibi interitum minabatur dicens cum captus fuerit populus Israhel gladio perforari praecipiam latera tua
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( 2:13) ite et accipietis, rogate vobis dies paucos ut minorentur; iam paratum est vobis regnum, vigilate.