mancus
English edit
Etymology edit
Latinized form of Arabic منقوش (manqūsh). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mancus (plural mancuses)
- (historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
- (historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account.
Synonyms edit
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”). Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkus]
Adjective edit
mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mancus | manca | mancum | mancī | mancae | manca | |
Genitive | mancī | mancae | mancī | mancōrum | mancārum | mancōrum | |
Dative | mancō | mancō | mancīs | ||||
Accusative | mancum | mancam | mancum | mancōs | mancās | manca | |
Ablative | mancō | mancā | mancō | mancīs | |||
Vocative | mance | manca | mancum | mancī | mancae | manca |
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References edit
- “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mancus 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)
- mancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.