"manceps" meaning in Latin

See manceps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈmaŋ.kɛps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈman̠ʲ.t͡ʃeps] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *manukaps through syncope. By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*manukaps}} Proto-Italic *manukaps, {{surf|la|manus|-ceps|id2=catcher|t1=hand|t2=taker}} By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”) Head templates: {{la-noun|manceps/mancip<3>|g=m}} manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|manceps/mancip<3>}} Forms: mancipis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], manceps [nominative, singular], mancipēs [nominative, plural], mancipis [genitive, singular], mancipum [genitive, plural], mancipī [dative, singular], mancipibus [dative, plural], mancipem [accusative, singular], mancipēs [accusative, plural], mancipe [ablative, singular], mancipibus [ablative, plural], manceps [singular, vocative], mancipēs [plural, vocative]
  1. purchaser, renter Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-manceps-la-noun-ysfJR8UQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 40 22 14 24 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 28 23 23 27 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher): 48 20 15 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 15 15 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 9 9 10
  2. contractor, agent Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-manceps-la-noun-4vEtw7q6 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 28 23 23 27
  3. surety, bondsman Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-manceps-la-noun-hA148mel Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 28 23 23 27
  4. owner, proprietor, possessor Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-manceps-la-noun-137wqvf0 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 28 23 23 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mancipō

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "mancipe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "lang_code": "an",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "mancebu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "macip"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "mancip"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mancebo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₂p-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*manukaps"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *manukaps",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "manus",
        "3": "-ceps",
        "id2": "catcher",
        "t1": "hand",
        "t2": "taker"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *manukaps through syncope. By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mancipis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "manceps/mancip<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "manceps/mancip<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mancipō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 22 14 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 20 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 15 15 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 9 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "purchaser, renter"
      ],
      "id": "en-manceps-la-noun-ysfJR8UQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "purchaser",
          "purchaser"
        ],
        [
          "renter",
          "renter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "contractor, agent"
      ],
      "id": "en-manceps-la-noun-4vEtw7q6",
      "links": [
        [
          "contractor",
          "contractor"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "surety, bondsman"
      ],
      "id": "en-manceps-la-noun-hA148mel",
      "links": [
        [
          "surety",
          "surety"
        ],
        [
          "bondsman",
          "bondsman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 23 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owner, proprietor, possessor"
      ],
      "id": "en-manceps-la-noun-137wqvf0",
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "proprietor",
          "proprietor"
        ],
        [
          "possessor",
          "possessor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaŋ.kɛps]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈman̠ʲ.t͡ʃeps]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manceps"
}

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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (catcher)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "mancipe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "lang_code": "an",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "mancebu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "macip"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "mancip"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "mancebo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "mancebo"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*manukaps"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "manus",
        "3": "-ceps",
        "id2": "catcher",
        "t1": "hand",
        "t2": "taker"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *manukaps through syncope. By surface analysis, manus (“hand”) + -ceps (“taker”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mancipis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mancipēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "manceps/mancip<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "manceps/mancip<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mancipō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "purchaser, renter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purchaser",
          "purchaser"
        ],
        [
          "renter",
          "renter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contractor, agent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contractor",
          "contractor"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "surety, bondsman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surety",
          "surety"
        ],
        [
          "bondsman",
          "bondsman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "owner, proprietor, possessor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "proprietor",
          "proprietor"
        ],
        [
          "possessor",
          "possessor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaŋ.kɛps]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈman̠ʲ.t͡ʃeps]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manceps"
}

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