ningulus

mĭnĭtor, ātus, 1 ( 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.).

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.—

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.).—

With inf.:

quod nunc minitare facere,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.—

With acc. and inf.:

cur ergo minitaris tibi te vitam esse amissurum?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 2.—

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.