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

See also

• 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

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