mantica

Italian

Adjective

mantica

1. feminine singular of mantico

Noun

mantica f (plural mantiche)

1. divination

Synonyms

• divinazione

Anagrams

• mancati

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Latin

Etymology

From manus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ti.ka/, [ˈmän̪t̪ɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ti.ka/, [ˈmän̪t̪ikä]

Noun

mantica f (genitive manticae); first declension

1. small bag (for the hand); wallet
2. knapsack

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mantica	manticae
Genitive	manticae	manticārum
Dative	manticae	manticīs
Accusative	manticam	manticās
Ablative	manticā	manticīs
Vocative	mantica	manticae

Descendants

• Catalan: manxa
• Italian: mantice

References

• “mantica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mantica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mantica 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)
• mantica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “mantica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mantica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin