manceps
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *manukaps through syncope. Surface etymology: from manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.keps/, [ˈmäŋkɛps̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈmän̠ʲt͡ʃeps]
Noun
manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension
- purchaser, renter
- contractor, agent
- surety, bondsman
- owner, proprietor, possessor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | manceps | mancipēs |
| Genitive | mancipis | mancipum |
| Dative | mancipī | mancipibus |
| Accusative | mancipem | mancipēs |
| Ablative | mancipe | mancipibus |
| Vocative | manceps | mancipēs |
Related terms
- mancipō
Descendants
- Aragonese: mancebo
- Asturian: mancebu
- Catalan: macip
- Galician: mancebo
- Occitan: mancip
- Portuguese: mancebo
- Spanish: mancebo
References
- “manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manceps 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)
- manceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “manceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “manceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin