manica

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See also: Manica, mãnicã, mânica, and mânică

Interlingua

Noun

manica (plural manicas)

  1. manacle

Italian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ni.ka/
  • Rhymes: -anika
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ni‧ca
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Noun

manica f (plural maniche) (augmetative manicona, meliorative manichetta, pejorative manicaccia)

  1. sleeve, shirtsleeve
  2. (heraldry) maunch
  3. (figurative) gang, pack

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From the substantivation of the feminine form of an adjective formed as manus (“hand”) +‎ -icus. Compare pedica.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    manica f (genitive manicae); first declension

    1. (especially in the plural) long sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand
    2. (in the plural) manacles, handcuffs
    3. (in the plural, figuratively, nautical) a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative manica manicae
    genitive manicae manicārum
    dative manicae manicīs
    accusative manicam manicās
    ablative manicā manicīs
    vocative manica manicae

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    References

    • manica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "manica", 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)
    • “manica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “manica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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