manubrium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manūbrium (“handle”).

Noun

manubrium (plural manubria or manubriums)

1. (anatomy) The broad, upper part of the sternum.
2. (zoology) The tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish and ending in a mouth.
3. A knob or handle that controls the stops of an organ.

Derived terms

• manubrial

Related terms

• manubriate
• manubriated

Translations

broad, upper part of the sternum

• Finnish: rintalastan kahva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: manubrio (es) m

tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈnuː.bri.um/, [mäˈnuːbriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈnu.bri.um/, [mäˈnuːbrium]

Noun

manūbrium n (genitive manūbriī or manūbrī); second declension

1. handle, haft

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manūbrium	manūbria
Genitive	manūbriī manūbrī1	manūbriōrum
Dative	manūbriō	manūbriīs
Accusative	manūbrium	manūbria
Ablative	manūbriō	manūbriīs
Vocative	manūbrium	manūbria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• eximere alicui ex manu manubrium

Related terms

• manus

Descendants

• English: manubrium
• Italian: manubrio
• Spanish: manubrio

References

• “manubrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “manubrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• manubrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.