verbfirst conjugation
mandō1
mandō (present infinitive mandāre, perfect active mandāvī, supine mandātum)
Classical[ˈman.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈman.do]
Meaning
- to order, command, enjoin
- to put in hand; deliver over
- to commit, consign
aliquid alicui mandare
to give mission to someone - to confide
- to commission
- to put in writing
- to send word to
- to entrust
Quae cum ita sint, Catilīna, dubitās, sī ēmorī aequō animō nōn potes, abīre in aliquās terrās, et vītam istam, multīs suppliciīs iūstīs dēbitīsque ēreptam, fugae sōlitūdinīque mandāre?
Since these things are so, Catiline, do you hesitate — if you cannot die with a calm mind — to go away to other lands? And that life of yours — snatched from many just and deserved punishments — to entrust [it] to flight and solitude?63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.20
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
crēdō, committōentrust; command
imperō, in cūram dōmandō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 26
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Jubere · Imperare · Præcipere · Mandare
Jubere (from ἰότης) means to bid, merely in consequence of one’s own wish and will, in opp. to vetare, like κελεύειν; imperare, to command, by virtue of a military supreme authority, like ἄρχειν; præcipere to enjoin, by virtue of an authority as a teacher, etc., something like ἐντέλλεσθαι; mandare (from μήδομαι) to charge, in consequence of thorough confidence in a person, like ἐφίεσθαι.
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mandō | mandābam mandēbam | mandābō mandam | mandāvī mandī | mandāveram mandāram, manderam | mandāverō mandārō, manderō |
| 2nd sg. | mandās mandis | mandābās mandēbās | mandābis | mandāvistī mandāstī, mandistī | mandāverās mandārās, manderās | mandāveris mandāris |
| 3rd sg. | mandat mandit | mandābat mandēbat | mandābit | mandāvit mandāt | mandāverat mandārat, manderat | mandāverit mandārit, manderit |
| 1st pl. | mandāmus mandimus | mandābāmus mandēbāmus | mandābimus | mandāvimus mandāmus | mandāverāmus mandārāmus, manderāmus | mandāverimus mandārimus, manderimus |
| 2nd pl. | mandātis manditis | mandābātis mandēbātis | mandābitis | mandāvistis mandāstis, mandistis | mandāverātis mandārātis, manderātis | mandāveritis mandāritis, manderitis |
| 3rd pl. | mandant mandunt | mandābant mandēbant | mandābunt | mandāvērunt mandārunt, mandāvēre, mandērunt | mandāverant mandārant, manderant | mandāverint mandārint, manderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mandem mandam | mandārem manderem | mandāverim mandārim, manderim | mandāvissem mandāssem, mandissem |
| 2nd sg. | mandēs | mandārēs manderēs | mandāverīs mandārīs | mandāvissēs mandāssēs, mandissēs |
| 3rd sg. | mandet | mandāret manderet | mandāverit mandārit, manderit | mandāvisset mandāsset, mandisset |
| 1st pl. | mandēmus | mandārēmus manderēmus | mandāverīmus mandārīmus, manderīmus | mandāvissēmus mandāssēmus, mandissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | mandētis | mandārētis manderētis | mandāverītis mandārītis, manderītis | mandāvissētis mandāssētis, mandissētis |
| 3rd pl. | mandent | mandārent manderent | mandāverint mandārint, manderint | mandāvissent mandāssent, mandissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mandor | mandābar mandēbar | mandābor mandar |
| 2nd sg. | mandāris mandāre | mandābāris mandābāre, mandēbāre, mandēbāris | mandāberis mandābere |
| 3rd sg. | mandātur manditur | mandābātur mandēbātur | mandābitur |
| 1st pl. | mandāmur mandimur | mandābāmur mandēbāmur | mandābimur |
| 2nd pl. | mandāminī | mandābāminī mandēbāminī | mandābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | mandantur manduntur | mandābantur mandēbantur | mandābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mander | mandārer manderer |
| 2nd sg. | mandēris mandēre | mandārēris mandārēre, manderēre, manderēris |
| 3rd sg. | mandētur | mandārētur manderētur |
| 1st pl. | mandēmur | mandārēmur manderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | mandēminī | mandārēminī manderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | mandentur | mandārentur manderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | mandā mande | mandāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | mandāte mandite | mandāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | mandātō manditō | mandātor manditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | mandātō manditō | mandātor manditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | mandātōte manditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | mandantō manduntō | mandantor manduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | mandāre | mandārī |
| perfect infinitive | mandāvisse mandāsse, mandisse | mandātum esse |
| future infinitive | mandātūrum esse | mandātum īrī |
| present participle | mandāns mandante, mandantem, mandantēs, mandantī, mandantia, mandantibus, mandantis, mandantīs, mandantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | mandātus mandāta, mandātā, mandātae, mandātam, mandātārum, mandātās, mandātī, mandātōrum, mandātōs, mānsa, mānsā, mānsae, mānsam, mānsārum, mānsās, mānse, mānsī, mānsīs, mānsō, mānsōrum, mānsōs, mānsum, mānsus |
| future participle | mandātūrus mandātūra, mandātūrā, mandātūrae, mandātūram, mandātūrārum, mandātūrās, mandātūre, mandātūrī, mandātūrīs, mandātūrō, mandātūrōrum, mandātūrōs, mandātūrum | mandandus mandanda, mandandā, mandandae, mandandam, mandandārum, mandandās, mandande, mandandīs, mandandōrum, mandandōs, mandenda, mandendā, mandendae, mandendam, mandendārum, mandendās, mandende, mandendī, mandendīs, mandendō, mandendōrum, mandendōs, mandendum, mandendus |
gerundmandandī, mandandō, mandandumsupinemandātum, mandātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- memoriae mandare aliquid
- to impress on the memory.
- praecipitem se fugae mandare
- to flee headlong.
- mandatum, negotium alicui dare
- to entrust a matter to a person; to commission.
- fugae se mandare (B. G. 2. 24)
- to take to flight.
- honores alicui mandare, deferre
- to invest a person with a position of dignity.
- provinciam alicui decernere, mandare
- to entrust some one with an official duty, a province.
- mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
- to execute a commission.
- litteris mandare or consignare aliquid (Acad. 2. 1. 2)
- to put down in writing.
2 more phrases
- aliquid animo mentique penitus mandare (Catil. 1. 11. 27)
- to impress a thing on one's memory, mind.
- memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
- to immortalise one's name.
mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. manusdo,
I. to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).
I. Lit.
(a). Alicui aliquid:
tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1: praeterea typos tibi mando, id. Att. 1, 10, 3: si quid velis, huic mandes, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7: L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles, Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1: alicui mandare laqueum, to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.: tamquam hoc senatus mandasset, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84: excusationem, Suet. Oth. 6: haec ego numquam mandavi, Juv. 14, 225.—(b). With ut or ne:
Voluseno mandat, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 4, 21: mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant, id. ib. 6, 10, 3: Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc., id. B. C. 2, 13.—(g). With simple subj.:
huic mandat, Remos reliquosque Belgas adeat, Caes. B. G. 3, 11.—(d). With object-clause:
mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare, Tac. A. 15, 2: non aliter cineres mando jacere meos, Mart. 1, 88, 10.—(ε) Impers. pass.: fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat, Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—II. Transf.
A. In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing:
ego tibi meas res mando, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54: bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei, Ter. And. 1, 5, 61: ludibrio habeor ... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32: (adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae, id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99: aliquem alicui alendum, Verg. A. 3, 49: alicui magistratum, Caes. B. C. 3, 59: honores, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81: filiam viro, to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32: aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: se fugae, to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24: fugae et solitudini vitam suam, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: semen terrae, i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6: hordea sulcis, Verg. E. 5, 36: corpus humo, to bury, id. A. 9, 214: aliquid memoriae, Cic. Quint. 6, 24: litteris, to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52: scriptis actiones nostras, id. Off. 2, 1, 3: historiae, id. Div. 2, 32, 69: monumentis, id. Ac. 2, 1, 2: fruges conditas vetustati, to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151: Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare, Just. 5, 2, 5.—Absol.: Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito), Vop. Aur. 16, 2.— B. To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc., Suet. Calig. 25: mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent, sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38: ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat, Juv. 3, 46: senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum, Eutr. 5, 5: consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent, Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum, i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command. A. In gen.:
ut mandatum scias me procurasse, have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3: hoc mandatum accepi a Patre, Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.: omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2: dare mandata alicui in aliquem, id. ib. 3, 11, 5: dare alicui mandata, ut, etc., id. Phil. 6, 3, 6: accipere ab aliquo, id. ib. 8, 8, 23: persequi, to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2: audire, id. Phil. 6, 4, 10: alicujus exhaurire, id. Att. 5, 1, 5: exponere in senatu, id. de Or. 2, 12, 49: exsequi, id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5: facere, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72: perficere, Liv. 1, 56: efficere, Sall. J. 58: facere, Curt. 7, 9, 17: deferre, to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1: perferre, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18: neglegere, to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303: fallere, id. M. 6, 696: haec mandata, Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.—Poet., with inf.: producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti, and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—B. Esp. as legal term.
1. A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract:
mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur, Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.: itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti, i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111: actio mandati, an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—2. An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111:
principum, Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors: (Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat, Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52: occulta mandata, Tac. A. 2, 43: fingere scelesta mandata, id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—C. In eccl. lang., the law or commandment of God:
mandatum hoc, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, non supra te est, Vulg. Deut. 30, 11: nec custodisti mandata, id. 1 Reg. 13, 13: maximum et primum mandatum, id. Matt. 22, 38.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mandō āvī, ātus, āre
manus+2 DA-, to put in hand, deliver over, commit, consign, intrust, confide, commission : Bona nostra tuae fidei, T.: Hunc mandarat alendum regi, V.: his magistratūs, Cs.: novo homini consulatus mandatur, S.: fugae sese, betake himself to flight , Cs.: vitam istam fugae solitudinique: me humo, bury , V.: Fortunae cetera, O.: litteris, commit to writing : (fruges) conditas vetustati, i. e. suffer to grow old : senilīs iuveni partīs, H.— To send word, pass the word, enjoin, commission, order, command : ita mandatum est: haec, Iu.: siquid velis, Huic mandes, T.: L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles: Fortunae mandare laqueum, bid go and be hanged , Iu.: ut exploratores in Suebos mittant, Cs.: mandat, quibus rebus possent, opes confirment, S.: huic mandat, Remos adeat, Cs.: mandat fieri sibi talia, V.
mandō dī, sus, ere
MAD-, to chew, masticate : dentibus manditur cibus: (equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, i. e. champ , V.: tristia saevo Volnera dente, i. e. the flesh of slaughtered animals , O.— To eat, devour : membra, V.: humum, to bite the ground , V.—Fig., to gnaw, lay waste : rostra ipsa.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *manuðō, which also has reflexes in Oscan, albeit with a change of conjugation class in Latin. Equivalent to manus (“hand”) + -dō (“put”).
Descendants
- Catalanmanar
- Englishmandate
- Englishmandamus
- Frenchmander
- Italianmandare
- Occitanmanar
- Portuguesemandar
- Spanishmandar
- Asturianmandar
- Emilianmandèr