Manto
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Translingual
Proper noun
Manto
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).
Proper noun
Manto f
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈman.toː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.to/,
Proper noun
Mantō f sg (genitive Mantūs); fourth declension
- (Greek mythology) A prophetess and daughter of the soothsayer Tiresias
Inflection
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mantō |
| Genitive | Mantūs |
| Dative | Mantō |
| Accusative | Mantō |
| Ablative | Mantō |
| Vocative | Mantō |
References
- “Manto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Manto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Manto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray