mantum

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English

Pope Pius XII wearing the mantum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mantum. Doublet of manto.

Noun

mantum

  1. The mantle worn by the pope, which is very similar to a cope, but longer and fastened in the front by an elaborate morse.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mantum n (genitive mantī); second declension

  1. a Spanish cloak

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative mantum manta
genitive mantī mantōrum
dative mantō mantīs
accusative mantum manta
ablative mantō mantīs
vocative mantum manta

Derived terms

Descendants

Feminine forms:

References

  • “mantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mantum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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