minatio

mĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. minor],

• a threatening, threat, menace, as an action (rare but class.): quae illaec est minatio? Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 19 (799): minationes, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 288: imperiosis minationibus confutare, Tullius Tiro ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 13 Hertz.

minātio, ōnis, f. (1. minor), das Drohen, die Drohung (als Handlung), Plaut. capt. 799 Fl. (Brix 796 comminatio): litium min., Androhung, Augustin. de serm. dom. 1, 11, 32: Plur., Cic. de or. 2, 288. Tiro b. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 13.

1 minatio [cf. 1 minare] 1 (act of) driving: a (livestock); b (cart). a 1456 allocate eidem pro ~one et vigilia martarum et de lez stukemartis predictis usque Strivelyn ExchScot 287; 1537 pro empcione et ~one animalium ‥ xvij s. ij d. Ac. Durh. 698.  b 1364 inventus fuit mortuus ‥ occasione ~onis cujusdam carecte cum tribus equis in eadem junctis, cujus ~o nunciata fuit coronatoribus burgi Colcestr’ Pat 270 m. 7; 1534 soluti Johanni Cotts, pro ~one bigarum Househ. Bk. Durh. 264. 2 (act of) carrying. 1532 puero Clementis pro ~one feni apud le staks per septimam xij d. Househ. Bk. Durh. 57.

2 minatio [CL] , act of threatening, utterance of threats. 1371 non fuit ausus exire de ecclesia predicta pro timore mortis, causa ~onis predictorum Ricardi ‥ et Alani SessPLincs I 155.

3 minatio, mineatio [cf. 3 mina, 3 minare] 1 (act of) undermining, sapping (usu. mil.). 1224 J. de S. mineatori nostro quamdiu fuerit in ~eatione murorum castri Bedef’ ‥ habere facias Cl I 617a. 2 (act of) digging for minerals or sim., mining. 1356 simul morantes in shelis suis dum sic simul morantur et ~eacionem suam exercent (Pat) Rec. Stan. 126.

mĭnātĭō, ōnis, f. (minor), action de menacer, menace : minationes Cic. de Or. 2, 288.

minātiō ōnis, f

• 1 minor, a threatening.