manatus

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Latin

Etymology

From Spanish manatí, of Cariban origin.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈnaː.tus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈna.tus/,

Noun

manātus m (genitive manātī); second declension

(New Latin) sea cow; dugong or manatee
- 1705, R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli ad D. Jacobum Petiver, "De Piscibus Moluscis & Crustaceis Philippensibus", Philosophical Transactions, No. 302, page "2069"
  Duyong Indorum, Peje mulier Hyſpanorum, Haybe Sinarum, eſt Manatus Cluſii, & aliorum.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manātus	manātī
Genitive	manātī	manātōrum
Dative	manātō	manātīs
Accusative	manātum	manātōs
Ablative	manātō	manātīs
Vocative	manāte	manātī

Descendants

Translingual: Manatus (now Trichechus)

References

manatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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