minans

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present participle of minor.

Participle

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mināns (genitive minantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. protruding, projecting, towering
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.240:
      “Illa subit mediaeque mināns inlābitur urbī.”
      “That [wooden horse] advances, towering [high], and glides into the middle [of Troy].”
      (Translations vary: The large wooden horse is “towering” over the city, and it is “menacing,” although the Trojans fail to understand its true intent.)
  2. threatening, menacing

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mināns minantēs minantia
Genitive minantis minantium
Dative minantī minantibus
Accusative minantem mināns minantēs
minantīs
minantia
Ablative minante
minantī1
minantibus
Vocative mināns minantēs minantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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  • minans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Swedish

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Noun

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minans

  1. definite genitive singular of mina

Anagrams

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