minacia

minacia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Late Old Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈnaːkia/
• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /mɪˈnakʲa/

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the neuter plural of mināx (“threatening”, adj.). Attested in Plautus and Arnobius the Younger.[1]

Noun

minācia f (genitive mināciae); first declension (Old Latin, Late Latin)

1. threat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	minācia	mināciae
Genitive	mināciae	mināciārum
Dative	mināciae	mināciīs
Accusative	mināciam	mināciās
Ablative	mināciā	mināciīs
Vocative	minācia	mināciae

Derived terms

• *mināciō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: minaccia
    • →? Friulian: menace
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: manase
  • Romansch: imnatscha
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: manace, menace, menache, menaiche
    • French: menace
    • Norman: m'niche, méniche
    • → Middle English: manace
      • English: menace
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: menaça
    • Catalan: amenaça
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Portuguese: mẽaça, amẽaça; meaça, ameaça
    • Galician: ameaza
    • Portuguese: ameaça
  • Old Spanish: menaça
    • Ladin: amenasa
    • Spanish: menaza, amenaza
      • Papiamentu: amenasa
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: minatta (Logudorese)
• Germanic:
  • English: minacy, minacity, minacious

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mĭnācia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 99

Adjective

minācia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mināx