Manto
Translingual edit
Proper noun edit
Manto
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).
Proper noun edit
Manto f
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.toː/, [ˈmän̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.to/, [ˈmän̪t̪o]
Proper noun edit
Mantō f sg (genitive Mantūs); fourth declension
- (Greek mythology) A prophetess and daughter of the soothsayer Tiresias
Inflection edit
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Mantō |
Genitive | Mantūs |
Dative | Mantō |
Accusative | Mantō |
Ablative | Mantō |
Vocative | Mantō |
References edit
- “Manto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Manto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Manto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray