manifestus
Latin
Etymology
From manus (“hand”) + uncertain second element; perhaps Proto-Indo-European *dʰers- (“to be bold”), from *dʰer- (“to hold”). More at īnfestus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.niˈfes.tus/, [mänɪˈfɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.niˈfes.tus/, [mäniˈfɛst̪us]
Adjective
manifestus (feminine manifesta, neuter manifestum, comparative manifestior, superlative manifestissimus, adverb manifestō); first/second-declension adjective
- (of people) caught in the act, plainly guilty
- (of crimes) detected in the act, flagrant, plain
- (plainly apprehensible by the mind) obvious, self-evident
- (recognisable by clear signs) clearly visible, conspicuous; unmistakeable, undoubted
- (giving clear signs) plain, clear
- Synonym: cōnspicuus
- Antonyms: clandēstīnus, occultus, sēcrētus, arcānus, perobscūrus
- spīrāns ac vītae manifesta
- breathing and giving clear signs of life
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | manifestus | manifesta | manifestum | manifestī | manifestae | manifesta | |
| genitive | manifestī | manifestae | manifestī | manifestōrum | manifestārum | manifestōrum | |
| dative | manifestō | manifestae | manifestō | manifestīs | |||
| accusative | manifestum | manifestam | manifestum | manifestōs | manifestās | manifesta | |
| ablative | manifestō | manifestā | manifestō | manifestīs | |||
| vocative | manifeste | manifesta | manifestum | manifestī | manifestae | manifesta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: manifesto
- → Polish: manifest
- → Spanish: manifiesto
- → Swedish: manifest
References
- “manifestus” on page 1181 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “īnfestus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
References
- “manifestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “manifestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manifestus 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)
- manifestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- manifestus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016