manticularius

Latin

Etymology

From manticula (“wallet, purse”) +‎ -ārius (agent noun suffix).

Noun

manticulārius m (genitive manticulāriī or manticulārī); second declension

1. cutpurse, thief, pickpocket

   Synonym: crumēniseca

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	manticulārius	manticulāriī
genitive	manticulāriī manticulārī1	manticulāriōrum
dative	manticulāriō	manticulāriīs
accusative	manticulārium	manticulāriōs
ablative	manticulāriō	manticulāriīs
vocative	manticulārie	manticulāriī

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

Synonyms

• manticulātor
• manuārius
• fūr

References

• “manticularius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manticularius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.