minans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of minor.

Participle

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

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	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

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

Swedish

Noun

minans

1. definite genitive singular of mina

Anagrams

• minnas