adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mancus
mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum)
Classical[ˈmaŋ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaŋ.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivemaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm
- adjectivedefectiveimperfectdefective, imperfect
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mancus | manca | mancum |
| genitive | mancī | mancae | mancī |
| dative | mancō | mancae | mancō |
| accusative | mancum | mancam | mancum |
| ablative | mancō | mancā | mancō |
| vocative | mance | manca | mancum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mancī | mancae | manca |
| genitive | mancōrum | mancārum | mancōrum |
| dative | mancīs | mancīs | mancīs |
| accusative | mancōs | mancās | manca |
| ablative | mancīs | mancīs | mancīs |
| vocative | mancī | mancae | manca |
mancus, a, um, adj. Sanscr. man-āk, little; cf. Germ. mangeln,
I. maimed, infirm (class.).
I. Lit., in a limb or member, esp. in the hand:
sciendum, scaevam non esse morbosum, praeterquam si, imbecillitate dextrae, validius sinistra utatur: sed hunc non scaevam, sed mancum esse dicimus, Dig. 21, 1, 12: mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: ad mandata claudus, caecus, mutus, mancus, debilis, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 45: mancorum ac debilium dux, Liv. 7, 13; Ov. F. 3, 825: tamquam mancus et exstinctae corpus non utile dextrae, Juv. 3, 48.—II. Trop., infirm, defective, imperfect (rare but class.):
virtus, Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30: ac debilis praetura, id. Mil. 9, 25: contemplatio naturae, id. Off. 1, 43, 153: fortuna, Hor. S. 2, 7, 88.—With abl.: talibus officiis prope mancus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 21.—In neutr adverb.: error mancum claudicat, Prud. στεφ. 2, 23.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mancus adj.
3 MAN-, maimed, infirm, crippled, lame-handed : mancus et membris omnibus captus: mancorum ac debilium dux, L.: iratā Pallade mancus erit, O.—Fig., infirm, defective, imperfect : virtus: fortuna, H.: Talibus officiis prope mancus, H.
Origins
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”), with semantic shift "hand" > "handy" > "handicapped, having a defect of the hand". Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”). An alternate theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to lack”), comparing Lithuanian meñkas (“poor, small”) and Tocharian B mänk- (“to be deprived of, lack”). The root of these words is at times alternatively reconstructed as *men- (“small, isolated”).
Descendants
- Catalanmanc
- Frenchmanchot
- Frenchmanque
- Italianmonco
- GermanMankofrom Italian monco
- Englishmankfrom Italian monco
- Italianmanco
- Italianmanca
- Portuguesemanco
- Romanianmânc