minae
See also: mina, minä, and minæ
English
Alternative forms
- minæ
Noun
minae
- plural of mina
Anagrams
- -amine, I mean, Maine, amine, anime, animé, maine, manie
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nae̯/, [ˈmɪnäe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ne/, [ˈmiːne]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *(eks)menā (“projection”), *menā, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”). See Latin minor, mōns, mentum.
Noun
minae f pl (genitive minārum); first declension
- projecting points, pinnacles, battlements, parapets
- (figuratively) threats, menaces
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | minae |
Genitive | minārum |
Dative | minīs |
Accusative | minās |
Ablative | minīs |
Vocative | minae |
Derived terms
- minor
Descendants
- Portuguese: ameia
Noun
minae
- inflection of mina:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive/dative singular
References
- “minae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “minae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- minae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minis uti
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare