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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *monēō, from earlier *monējō with an unexplained -o-, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥n-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay, stand still”) (with mānsum influenced by mānsī). Related to Persian ماندن (mândan, “to remain”), Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “I remain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
maneō (present infinitive manēre, perfect active mānsī, supine mānsum); second conjugation
- (intransitive) to stay, remain, abide
- Synonyms: cōnstō, stō, sistō, remaneō, cōnsistō, haereō
Paulisper mane!- Stay a little.
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.712:
- Pāx, ades et tōtō mītis in orbe manē.
- Peace, be present, and remain gentle in all the world. (Imperative mood: manē)
- (transitive) to await, wait for, expect (be in store for)
- Mors sua quemque manet. ― Death awaits everyone.
- (intransitive) to wait
- Synonyms: exspectō, opperior
- (intransitive) to continue, last, endure
- Synonyms: cōnsistō, dūrō, obdūrō
- (intransitive) to abide by, to adhere to (+ in + ablative)
- to stop at, to lodge, to spend the night, to pass the night
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References
- “maneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
- (ambiguous) to remain loyal: in fide manere (B. G. 7. 4. 5)
- (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3)
- (ambiguous) to appease the manes, make sacrifice for departed souls: manes expiare (Pis. 7. 16)
- (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
maneo
- first-person singular present indicative of manear