Manto

See also: manto, mantó, and manto-

Translingual

Proper noun

Manto

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).

Proper noun

Manto f

1. (Greek mythology) Manto

Anagrams

• monta

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈman.toː/, [ˈmän̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.to/, [ˈmän̪t̪o]

Proper noun

Mantō f sg (genitive Mantūs); fourth declension

1. (Greek mythology) A prophetess and daughter of the soothsayer Tiresias

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mantō
genitive	Mantūs
dative	Mantō
accusative	Mantō
ablative	Mantō
vocative	Mantō

References

• “Manto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Manto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Manto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray