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Latin
Etymology
From manceps (“purchaser, renter; owner, possessor”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
mancipō (present infinitive mancipāre, perfect active mancipāvī, supine mancipātum); first conjugation
- to transfer or sell (especially property)
Conjugation
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References
- “mancipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mancipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mancipo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.