manicula

Latin

Etymology

diminutive of manus

Noun

manicula f (genitive maniculae); first declension

1. A little hand

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manicula	maniculae
Genitive	maniculae	maniculārum
Dative	maniculae	maniculīs
Accusative	maniculam	maniculās
Ablative	maniculā	maniculīs
Vocative	manicula	maniculae

Descendants

• Catalan: manilla
  • Spanish: manilla
    • Portuguese: manilha
• French: manivelle, manicle
  • English: manacle
• Portuguese: manícula
• Spanish: manija

References

• “manicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manicula 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)
• manicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.