mantum
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mantum.
Noun edit
mantum
- The mantle worn by the pope, which is very similar to a cope, but longer and fastened in the front by an elaborate morse.
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.tum/, [ˈmän̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.tum/, [ˈmän̪t̪um]
Noun edit
mantum n (genitive mantī); second declension
- a Spanish cloak
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mantum | manta |
Genitive | mantī | mantōrum |
Dative | mantō | mantīs |
Accusative | mantum | manta |
Ablative | mantō | mantīs |
Vocative | mantum | manta |
Derived terms edit
- mantellum (diminutive)
- Catalan: mantell
- Italian: mantello
- Old French: mantel (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan:
- Galician: mantelo
- → Greek: μάντιον (mántion)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *mantul, *mantil
- → Old Norse: mǫttull, *mantull
- ⇒ Late Latin: mantelletum
- Italian: mantelletta f
- → English: mantelletta
- Italian: mantelletta f
Descendants edit
Feminine forms:
- Asturian: manta
- Catalan: manta
- Spanish: manta (see there for further descendants)
- Galician: manta
- Portuguese: manta
References edit
- “mantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mantum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.