minax

His vultus minax, torvus aspectus, pallor in facie, in labiis tremor, stridor in dentibus, &c. 1692.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Archbishop Adalbert is characterized by Adam of Bremen as minax vultu et habitu verborumque altitudine suspectus audientibus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Qoa eae* de magis jam eflPerata Agrippina, ma - gisque indies yerbis minax Tidebatnr pemiciosa in filinm m tri militares excnbias adimit, snbinde ex palatio aKorsnm translatam ad pri - ratam yitam redigit.

Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792

’ ait haec minax Cybelle religatque iuga manu. ferus ipse sese adhortans rapidum incitat animo, 85 uadit, fremit, refringit uirgulta pede uago. at ubi umida albicantis loca litoris adiit, tenerumque uidit Attin prope marmora pelagei, facit impetum: ille demens fugit in nemora fera: ibi semper omne uitae spatium famula fuit.

Attis 1912

Tacitus himself tells us that Agrippina was a most exacting mother; that is, a mother of the older Roman type ” in his own words, trux et minax.

The Women of the Caesars Ferrero, Guglielmo, 1871-1942 1911

Et quamquam ad momentum hæsit, stupore defixus, omni tamen superior metu, ventura decretis cælestibus commendabat; relicto humi strato cubili, adulta jam excitus nocte, et numinibus per sacra depulsoria supplicans, flagrantissimam facem cadenti similem visam, aëris parte sulcata evanuisse existimavit: horroreque perfusus est, ne ita aperte minax Martis adparuerit sidus. "

Gibbon James Cotter Morison 1860