mannus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; probably a foreign loanword. Compare Romanian mânz (“foal, colt”) and Albanian mëz (“foal, colt”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mannus m (genitive mannī); second declension

  1. small horse or pony

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • “mannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "mannus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “mannus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mannus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “mannus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray