minax

mināx ācis, adj.with comp.

2 MAN-, jutting out, projecting, overhanging : scopulus, V.—Fig., threatening, menacing, full of threats : minax atque adrogans: vituli fronte, O.: fluvii, V.: pestilentia minacior, L.: litterae: vox, H.: verba, O.: fortuna, Iu.—As subst m. : arma minacis, V.