minitor Latin · revision 31196

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *men-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈmɪ.nɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈmiː.ni.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''minitor''' (present infinitive minitārī or minitārier, perfect active minitātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Livius Andronicus and Plautus also have an active ''minitō'', and Plautus the infinitive ''minitārier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[m|la|minor|t=to threaten]], with the suffix [[m|la|-itō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨minor⟩ from [[m|la|minae|t=threats]], from [[itc-pro|*menā-|t=part that sticks out]], with a development from “projection” to “threat”; he connects it with the root [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to stick out]] of [[m|la|ēmineō|t=to stand out]] and [[m|la|mōns|t=mountain]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is the active form in Livius Andronicus;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Plautus has “a teacher threatened by any pupil?” in the ''Bacchides''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to use threats against someone, and of things to be a danger, as Cicero's Carthage and Numantia, “the two most powerful cities that most threatened this empire”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Transitively it is to threaten someone with an ill, as Plautus' “you threaten me with blows”, with an accusative and infinitive, and with an infinitive to threaten to do something, as Plautus' “you threatened to run me down with a four-horse chariot”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus has the active form.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of threats and of threatening blows.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of threatening cities.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(with dative)'' To [[m|en|threaten]], make threats against; to be a danger to.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To threaten (an ill); to threaten (to do).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[minor]]

+ * [[minae]]

+ * [[mināx]]

+ * [[ēmineō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}