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Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Chase (1897) connects it to Mānīlius, Mānius (from mānis (“good”), from Old Latin Mānios).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mānlius m sg (genitive Mānliī or Mānlī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Marcus Manlius, a Roman consul
- Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- ^ George Davis Chase (1897) “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 8, pages 103-184
- “Manlius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Manlius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Chapter 3, Charles E. Bennett (1907) The Latin Language – a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax. Allyn & Bacon, Boston.