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comminatio

comminatio, a threatening, menacing

commĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [comminor],
  • a threatening, menacing (rare, but in good prose): orationis tamquam armorum, * Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (cf. Quint. 9, 1, 33): taurorum, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181; Dig. 26, 7, 7, § 7.—In plur.: imperiosae, Tiro ap. Gell. 7, 3, 13: Hannibalis, Liv. 26, 8, 3: Tiberii, Suet. Tib. 37.

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