centimanus

Latin

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ manus (“hand”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἑκατόγχειρος (hekatónkheiros).

Adjective

centimanus (feminine centimana, neuter centimanum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hundred-handed
   • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Carmina 2.17.14:

     Me nec Chimaerae spiritus igneae
     nec si resurgat centimanus Gyas
     divellet umquam: sic potenti
     Iustitiae placitumque Parcis

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	centimanus	centimana	centimanum		centimanī	centimanae	centimana
genitive	centimanī	centimanae	centimanī		centimanōrum	centimanārum	centimanōrum
dative	centimanō	centimanae	centimanō		centimanīs
accusative	centimanum	centimanam	centimanum		centimanōs	centimanās	centimana
ablative	centimanō	centimanā	centimanō		centimanīs
vocative	centimane	centimana	centimanum		centimanī	centimanae	centimana

Descendants

• English: Centimanes

References

“centimanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press