Manlius

Manlius

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Chase (1897) connects it to Mānīlius, Mānius (from mānis (“good”), from Old Latin Mānios).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːn.li.us/, [ˈmäːnlʲiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.li.us/, [ˈmänlius]

Proper noun

Mānlius m sg (genitive Mānliī or Mānlī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Manlius, a Roman consul
   2. Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mānlius
Genitive	Mānliī Mānlī1
Dative	Mānliō
Accusative	Mānlium
Ablative	Mānliō
Vocative	Mānlī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Manlia
• Manliānus

References

1. George Davis Chase (1897), “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 8, pages 103-184

• “Manlius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Manlius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Chapter 3, Charles E. Bennett (1907) The Latin Language – a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax. Allyn & Bacon, Boston.