manducus

Latin

Etymology

From mandō (“to chew”) +‎ -ūcus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /manˈduː.kus/, [män̪ˈd̪uːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /manˈdu.kus/, [män̪ˈd̪uːkus]

Noun

mandūcus m (genitive mandūcī); second declension

1. glutton
2. a ludicrous masked figure representing a person chewing in processions and comedies

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mandūcus	mandūcī
Genitive	mandūcī	mandūcōrum
Dative	mandūcō	mandūcīs
Accusative	mandūcum	mandūcōs
Ablative	mandūcō	mandūcīs
Vocative	mandūce	mandūcī

Derived terms

• mandūcō

References

• “manducus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manducus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• manducus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.