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manica

See also: Manica, mãnicã, mânica, and mânică

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Noun

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manica (plural manicas)

  1. manacle

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Etymology

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From Latin manica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ni.ka/
  • Rhymes: -anika
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ni‧ca
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Noun

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manica f (plural maniche) (augmetative manicona, meliorative manichetta, pejorative manicaccia)

  1. sleeve, shirtsleeve
  2. (heraldry) maunch
  3. (figurative) gang, pack
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Latin

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Etymology

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    From the substantivation of the feminine form of an adjective formed as manus (“hand”) +‎ -icus. Compare pedica.

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    Noun

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    manica f (genitive manicae); first declension

    1. (especially in the plural) long sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand
    2. (in the plural) manacles, handcuffs
    3. (in the plural, figuratively, nautical) a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative manica manicae
    genitive manicae manicārum
    dative manicae manicīs
    accusative manicam manicās
    ablative manicā manicīs
    vocative manica manicae

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    References

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    • manica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "manica", 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)
    • “manica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “manica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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