manatus
See also: Manatus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish manatí, of Cariban origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maˈnaː.tus/, [mäˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈna.tus/, [mäˈnäːt̪us]
Noun
editmanātus m (genitive manātī); second declension
- (New Latin) sea cow; dugong or manatee
- 1705, R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli ad D. Jacobum Petiver, "De Piscibus Moluscis & Crustaceis Philippensibus", Philosophical Transactions, No. 302, page "2069"
- Duyong Indorum, Peje mulier Hyſpanorum, Haybe Sinarum, eſt Manatus Cluſii, & aliorum.
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- 1705, R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli ad D. Jacobum Petiver, "De Piscibus Moluscis & Crustaceis Philippensibus", Philosophical Transactions, No. 302, page "2069"
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | manātus | manātī |
Genitive | manātī | manātōrum |
Dative | manātō | manātīs |
Accusative | manātum | manātōs |
Ablative | manātō | manātīs |
Vocative | manāte | manātī |
Descendants
edit- Translingual: Manatus (now Trichechus)
References
edit- manatus 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)