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Latin
Etymology
Inflected form of manica (“sleeve of a tunic”), from manus (“hand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manicae f pl (genitive manicārum); first declension
- handcuffs, manacles, fetters
- (figuratively, nautical) A grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships.
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Noun
manicae
- inflection of manica:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive/dative singular
References
- “manicae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “manicae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manicae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.