Manlius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Chase (1897) connects it to Mānīlius, Mānius (from mānis (“good”), from Old Latin Mānios).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmaːn.li.us/, [ˈmäːnlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.li.us/, [ˈmänlius]
Proper noun
[edit]Mānlius m sg (genitive Mānliī or Mānlī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Manlius, a Roman consul
- Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mānlius |
| genitive | Mānliī Mānlī1 |
| dative | Mānliō |
| accusative | Mānlium |
| ablative | Mānliō |
| vocative | Mānlī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.