Manius

Latin

Etymology

From mānis (“good”). Derived from Old Latin Mānios.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ni.us/, [ˈmäːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.us/, [ˈmäːnius]

Proper noun

Mānius m (genitive Māniī or Mānī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, famously held by:

   Manius Curius Dentatus, a Roman hero

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Mānius	Māniī
genitive	Māniī Mānī1	Māniōrum
dative	Māniō	Māniīs
accusative	Mānium	Māniōs
ablative	Māniō	Māniīs
vocative	Mānī	Māniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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