manutergium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manutergium.

Noun

manutergium (plural manutergia)

1. manuterge

Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”) +‎ tergeō (“wipe, clean”) +‎ -ium. Compare with mantēle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈter.ɡi.um/, [mänʊˈt̪ɛrɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈter.d͡ʒi.um/, [mänuˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒium]

Noun

manutergium n (genitive manutergiī or manutergī); second declension

1. hand towel
2. linen cloth which is used to clean a Catholic priest's hand after being anointed with chrism and presented to his mother at the first mass, which she can present at her judgement and is considered a special honor in heaven.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manutergium	manutergia
Genitive	manutergiī manutergī1	manutergiōrum
Dative	manutergiō	manutergiīs
Accusative	manutergium	manutergia
Ablative	manutergiō	manutergiīs
Vocative	manutergium	manutergia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: manutergium
• Galician: manuterxio
• Italian: manutergio
• Portuguese: manutérgio
• Spanish: manutergio

See also

• ānitergium
• facitergium

References

• “mănŭtergĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manutergium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mănūtergĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 948/3.