manutergium
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin manutergium
Noun
manutergium (plural manutergia)
Latin
Etymology
From manus (“hand”) + tergeō (“wipe, clean”). Confer with mantēle.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.nuˈter.ɡi.um/, [mänʊˈt̪ɛrɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.nuˈter.d͡ʒi.um/, [mänuˈt̪ɛrd͡ʒium]
Noun
manutergium n (genitive manutergiī or manutergī); second declension
- hand towel
- linen cloth which is used to clean the a Catholic priest's hand after being anointed with chrism and presented to his mother at the first mass, which she can present at her judgement and is considered a special honor in heaven.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | manutergium | manutergia |
Genitive | manutergiī manutergī1 |
manutergiōrum |
Dative | manutergiō | manutergiīs |
Accusative | manutergium | manutergia |
Ablative | manutergiō | manutergiīs |
Vocative | manutergium | manutergia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
See also
References
- “mănŭtergĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- manutergium 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)
- mănūtergĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 948/3.
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