di manes

Latin

Alternative forms

• diī mānēs, deī mānēs
• D·M

Etymology

Originally from an ellipsis of dīs mānibus sacrum fēcit (“he/she made an offering to the gods and the spirits of the dead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː ˈmaː.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː ˈmaː.nes]

Noun

dī mānēs m pl (genitive deōrum mānium or deum mānium); irregular, variously declined, second declension, third declension

1. the gods and the spirits of the dead

Usage notes

• Chiefly found at the beginning of funerary inscriptions in the dative form dīs mānibus (“to the gods and ancestors”), often abbreviated D·M.

Declension

Second-declension noun (irregular) with a third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	dī mānēs diī mānēs deī mānēs
genitive	deōrum mānium deum mānium
dative	dīs mānibus diīs mānibus deīs mānibus
accusative	deōs mānēs deōs mānīs
ablative	dīs mānibus diīs mānibus deīs mānibus
vocative	dī mānēs diī mānēs deī mānēs