mancus

English

Noun

mancus (plural mancuses)

1. (historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
2. (historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account.

Synonyms

• mancosus

Anagrams

• Camuns, Cumans

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”). Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkus]

Adjective

mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum); first/second-declension adjective

1. maimed, crippled, infirm
2. defective, imperfect

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mancus	manca	mancum		mancī	mancae	manca
Genitive	mancī	mancae	mancī		mancōrum	mancārum	mancōrum
Dative	mancō		mancō		mancīs
Accusative	mancum	mancam	mancum		mancōs	mancās	manca
Ablative	mancō	mancā	mancō		mancīs
Vocative	mance	manca	mancum		mancī	mancae	manca

Descendants

• Albanian: mënk
• Catalan: manc
• French: manchot, manque
• Italian: monco, manco, manca
  • → German: Manko
  • → English: mank

• Portuguese: manco
• Romanian: mânc
• Spanish: manco

References

• “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mancus 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)
• mancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.