THREATEN Copy link • THREATENTransitively, PROP., minas jacere, jactare: minis uti. To threaten one with anything, aliquid alicui minari, minitari, comminari (general term); denunciare alicui aliquid (to give a threatening notice); intentare alicui aliquid (by preparations made, arma alicui intentare): to threaten one with fire and sword, minitari alicui ferrum flammamque, or ferro ignique: to threaten one with war, arma intentare alicui: we are threatened by him with blows, verbera minatur; verbera nobis intentantur. Figuratively, imminere: impendere. A war with the Parthians threatens us, bellum nobis impendet a Parthis: the enemy’s camp threatens the city, castra hostium imminet portis. Intransitively, Something threatens (i. e., is near at hand), res imminet, instat, impendet: war, danger threatens, impendet bellum, periculum: it threatens for rain, imbres imminent; nubilatur, or nubilare coepit (it is becoming overcast).