manica

See also: Manica and mãnicã

Interlingua

Noun

manica (plural manicas)

1. manacle

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Noun

manica f (plural maniche)

1. sleeve, shirtsleeve
2. (figuratively) gang, pack

Related terms

• ammanicarsi
• ammanicato
• manicotto
• in maniche di camicia

Anagrams

• macina
• mancai
• mancia

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Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.ka/

Noun

manica f (genitive manicae); first declension

1. long sleeve of a tunic
2. (in the plural) manacles, handcuffs
3. (in the plural, figuratively, nautical) a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	manica	manicae
genitive	manicae	manicārum
dative	manicae	manicīs
accusative	manicam	manicās
ablative	manicā	manicīs
vocative	manica	manicae

Descendants

• Albanian: mëngë
• Aromanian: mãnicã
• Asturian: manga
• Catalan: màniga, mànega
• English: maunch
• French: manche
• Friulian: manie
• Galician: manga
• Italian: manica

• Occitan: marga
• Portuguese: manga
• Romanian: mânecă
• Romansh: mongia, mangia
• Sardinian: maínga, mànica, màniga
• Sicilian: mànica
• Spanish: manga
• Venetian: mànega
• Walloon: mantche

See also

• manicae

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “manica”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• manica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• manica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin