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.