manceps

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Italic *manukaps through syncope. By surface analysis, manus (hand) +‎ -ceps (taker).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension

  1. purchaser, renter
  2. contractor, agent
  3. surety, bondsman
  4. owner, proprietor, possessor

Declension

[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative manceps mancipēs
Genitive mancipis mancipum
Dative mancipī mancipibus
Accusative mancipem mancipēs
Ablative mancipe mancipibus
Vocative manceps mancipēs
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Italian: mancipe
  • Aragonese: mancebo
  • Asturian: mancebu
  • Catalan: macip
  • Galician: mancebo
  • Occitan: mancip
  • Portuguese: mancebo
  • Spanish: mancebo

References

[edit]
  • manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • manceps 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)
  • manceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • manceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • manceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin