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mĭnĭtor , ātus, 1 (
I.inf. minitarier for minitari, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 3; id. Rud. 3, 1, 15.—Act. collat. form minito , āre; v. infra fin.), v. dep. freq. [1. minor], to threaten, menace a person with any thing; constr. alicui aliquid, alicui aliquā re, with inf., with acc. and inf., and absol. (class.).
(α). Alicui aliquid: “Mihin' malum minitare?” Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 15: “ista horribilia minitare purpuratis tuis!” Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; id. Phil. 13, 9, 21: “malum alicui,” id. Caecin. 10, 27: “fratri mortem,” id. Phil. 6, 4, 10: “virgas securesque omnibus,” Liv. 3, 57, 3.—With acc.: “facito istud quod minitaris,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 13: “quin consul arma minetur,” Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3: “bellum,” Quint. 3, 8, 19.—With dat.: “quis illest qui minitatur filio?” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 9: “alicui,” Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—
(β). Alicui aliquā re: “huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,” Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; 13, 21, 47: “huic urbi ferro flammāque minitans,” id. Cat. 2, 1, 1 (Klotz, ferrum flammamque): “Caesari gladio,” Sall. C. 49, 4.—With abl.: qui ferro minitere, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. ningulus, p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 133 Vahl.).—
(γ). With inf.: “quod nunc minitare facere,” Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.—
(δ). With acc. and inf.: “cur ergo minitaris tibi te vitam esse amissurum?” Plaut. As. 3, 3, 2.—（ε) Absol.: “etiam, carnufex, Minitare?” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 16: “noli minitari,” id. Mil. 2, 4, 19.—Act. collat. form mĭnĭto , āre (ante-class.): “quae minitas mihi,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85: etiam minitas? Naev. ap. Non. 473, 32: “quid minitabas te facturum,” Plaut. Fragm. ib. 33; Liv. Andron. Tr. 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.3.3
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    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 10.27
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.1.1
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    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.6
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    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.1
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 57.3
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.43
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 8.19
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 49
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