LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

maneō

maneō (present infinitive manēre, perfect active mānsī, supine mānsum)
Classical[ˈma.ne.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.ne.o]
№ 357 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto stay, remain, abide
    Paulisper mane!Stay a little.
    Pāx, ades et tōtō mītis in orbe manē. Peace, be present, and remain gentle in all the world. (Imperative mood: manē)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.712
  2. transitiveto await, wait for, expect (be in store for)
    Mors sua quemque manet.Death awaits everyone.
  3. intransitiveto wait
  4. intransitiveto continue, last, endure
  5. intransitiveto abide by, to adhere to (+ in + ablative)
  6. to stop at, to lodge, to spend the night, to pass the night

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in locō sum nec discēdō; mīles ad portam manet.
maneō -ēre mānsī — in Mille Verba, Castra in Aegyptō
stays
manet — in Seneca, ch. I

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Manere · Morari · Tardare · Detinere

1. Manere (from μένειν) denotes remaining, in opp. to going away; whereas morari (from βραδύς) denotes tarrying, as an interruption of motion, in opp. to going forwards. Cic. Sen. 23. Commorandi natura deversorium nobis, non habitandi dedit. Hence in Tac. H. ii. 48. Irent propere neu remanendo iram victoris asperarent,—the reading remorando deserves the preference. 2. Morari aliquem means, to prevail upon any one to stay of his own free will by proposing conditions, like διατρίβειν; tardare, to prevent a person’s hastening on his way by opposing difficulties, like βραδύνειν; detinere, to hinder him from going forwards by force, like κατέχειν. Tardare has generally an action for its object2; detinere, a person; morari, either. (iii. 298.)

2 [But: nos Etesiæ valde tardarunt.]

Manere · Exspectare · Præstolari · Opperiri

1. Manere (from μένειν) denotes a mere physical act to remain in a place, till something has happened; whereas exspectare, præstolari, and opperiri, denote a mental act, to wait for, to wait in conscious expectation of some event, or of some person. 2. Exspectare denotes waiting for, almost as a mere mental act, as a feeling, without practical reference or accessory meaning; whereas præstolari and opperiri, with the accessory notion that the person waiting intends, after the arrival of the object waited for, to do something. 3. The præstolans (from παραστέλλεσθαι) waits for a person in order to perform services for him; the opperiens, for an occurrence, in order not to be taken by surprise. The præstolans stands in subordinate relation to the person waited for; the opperiens, in co-ordinate, whether as friend or foe. Lastly, præstolari is a prose expression; opperiri, a poetical, or at least, a select expression. For the German distinction between warten and harren, the former denoting calm, passionless waiting for, the latter, eager, impatient longing for, the Latins have no correspondent synonymes. (iii. 57.)

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.maneōmanēbammanēbōmānsīmānserammānserō
2nd sg.manēsmanēbāsmanēbismānsistīmānserāsmānseris
3rd sg.manetmanēbatmanēbitmānsitmānseratmānserit
1st pl.manēmusmanēbāmusmanēbimusmānsimusmānserāmusmānserimus
2nd pl.manētismanēbātismanēbitismānsistismānserātismānseritis
3rd pl.manentmanēbantmanēbuntmānsērunt
mānsēre		mānserantmānserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.maneammanēremmānserimmānsissem
2nd sg.maneāsmanērēsmānserīsmānsissēs
3rd sg.maneatmanēretmānseritmānsisset
1st pl.maneāmusmanērēmusmānserīmusmānsissēmus
2nd pl.maneātismanērētismānserītismānsissētis
3rd pl.maneantmanērentmānserintmānsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.maneormanēbarmanēbor
2nd sg.manēris
manēre		manēbāris
manēbāre		manēberis
manēbere
3rd sg.manēturmanēbāturmanēbitur
1st pl.manēmurmanēbāmurmanēbimur
2nd pl.manēminīmanēbāminīmanēbiminī
3rd pl.manenturmanēbanturmanēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.manearmanērer
2nd sg.maneāris
maneāre		manērēris
manērēre
3rd sg.maneāturmanērētur
1st pl.maneāmurmanērēmur
2nd pl.maneāminīmanērēminī
3rd pl.maneanturmanērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.manēmanēre
pres. 2nd pl.manētemanēminī
fut. 2nd sg.manētōmanētor
fut. 3rd sg.manētōmanētor
fut. 2nd pl.manētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.manentōmanentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivemanēremanērī
perfect infinitivemānsissemānsum esse
future infinitivemānsūrum essemānsum īrī
present participlemanēns
manente, manentem, manentēs, manentī, manentia, manentibus, manentis, manentīs, manentium		—
perfect participle—mānsus
mānsa, mānsā, mānsae, mānsam, mānsārum, mānsās, mānse, mānsīs, mānsō, mānsōrum, mānsōs
future participlemānsūrus
mānsūra, mānsūrā, mānsūrae, mānsūram, mānsūrārum, mānsūrās, mānsūre, mānsūrī, mānsūrīs, mānsūrō, mānsūrōrum, mānsūrōs, mānsūrum		manendus
gerundmanendī, manendō, manendumsupinemānsum, mānsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in officio manere, permanere
to remain in subjection.
in officio manere (Att. 1. 3)
to remain faithful to one's duty.
in fide manere (B. G. 7. 4. 5)
to remain loyal.
in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
to abide by, persist in one's opinion.

mănĕo, nsi, nsum (contr.
I. perf. mansti for mansisti, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8), 2, v. n. and a. [root man, to think; whence the notion of hesitating leads to that of waiting; cf. Gr. μένω, μένος, μιμνήσκω, μάντις; and Lat. memini, moneo, mens, etc.].
I. Neutr., to stay, remain anywhere (class.).
A. In gen.: ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 26: facilem esse rem, seu maneant, seu proficiscantur, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: domi, id. ib. 4, 1: in loco, id. B. C. 2, 41: in patria, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99: si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset, Liv. 30, 27: ad exercitum, Caes. B. G. 5, 51: uno loco manens, Nep. Eum. 5, 4: unum manere diem, Prop. 2, 9, 20: decem dies, Vulg. Gen. 24, 55: diebus quindecim, id. Gal. 1, 18.—Impers. pass.: omnia excogitantur, quare nec sine periculo maneatur, Caes. B. G. 5, 31: in Italia fortasse manebitur, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Vell. 2, 16, 4: manendum eo loco, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: hic maneri diutius non potest, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3.—
B. In partic.
1. To stay, tarry, stop, continue, abide, pass the night ( = pernoctare): apud aliquem, Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3: eo die mansit Venafri, id. ib. 7, 13, 7: in tabernaculo, id. ib. 5, 16, 3: sub Jove frigido, Hor. C. 1, 1, 25: extra domum patris, Liv. 3, 45, 7: ad decimum lapidem, id. 3, 69, 8: cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset = Casilini, id. 22, 13, 8; cf.: triduom hoc, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 4: apud alium mansit, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 3: mane apud me, Vulg. Gen. 29, 19: manebis clam, id. 1 Reg. 19, 2. —In mal. part.: cum masculo mansione muliebri, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 1, 1. —
2. Pregn., to remain, last, endure, continue in any place or manner: si in eo manerent, quod convenisset, would adhere to, abide by that, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 5: in vita, to remain alive, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2: in veritate, to adhere to the truth, id. Clu. 63, 176: in condicione, to fulfil a condition, id. Att. 7, 15, 3: in sententia, to adhere to, id. ib. 9, 2, 1: in voluntate, id. Fam. 5, 2, 10: in pristina mente, id. Sest. 27, 58: in officio, Hirt. B. G. 8, 47: tu modo promissis maneas, abide by, keep, Verg. A. 2, 160: in pactione, to abide by, Nep. Ages. 2, 4: an credi posse ullum populum in ea condicione mansurum? Liv. 8, 21, 6: mansit in condicione atque pacto, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16: plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum, id. Att. 7, 15, 3.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects: nihil semper suo statu manet, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29: munitiones, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: monumenta, Nep. Them. 10: regna, Verg. A. 2, 22: adfinitas. Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 101: memoria, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43: rerum omnium mutabilium immutabiles manent origines, Aug. Conf. 1, 2.—With dat.: manent ingenia senibus, Cic. Sen. 7, 22: his bellum, to continue, not be at an end, Liv. 1, 53: cujus quidem tibi fatum manet, awaits, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11.—Absol.: maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile, be it regarded as a settled principle, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49; id. Mil. 4, 11: quamobrem illud maneat, et fixum sit, quod neque moveri, etc., id. Rab. Post. 9, 25.— Part. act. fut.: mansurus, that which will abide or endure; lasting, permanent: urbs, Verg. A. 3, 86.—So part. pres. manens: civitas, Vulg. Heb. 13, 14.—
II. Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: opperior, praestolor, expecto).
A. In gen.: nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto ut concedas die, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48: sese, id. Aul. 4, 6, 14: non manebat aetas virginis meam neclegentiam, Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 16: hostium adventum mansit, Liv. 42, 66; Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 4.—
B. In partic., to await one (as his fate, portion, etc.), to be about to befall one: mors sua quemque manet, Prop. 2, 21, 58 (3, 26, 12): quis me manet exitus? Ov. M. 9, 725: qui si manet exitus urbem, id. ib. 8, 60: funera quos maneant, id. ib. 11, 540: quae (acerba) manent victos, Liv. 26, 13 fin.; Suet. Caes. 14; id. Dom. 18: maneat nostros ea cura nepotes, Verg. A. 3, 505: vincula et tribulationes me manent, Vulg. Act. 20, 23.

Origins

Disputed. * De Vaan argues that the term probably continues a stative term due to the meaning "remain." Thus, he reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti (“to remain”), a stative verb from *men- (“to stay, stand still”) + *-éh₁yeti. However, Schrijver argues that the expected outcome of a zero-grade form *m̥néh₁yeti would be Proto-Italic *menē-. * Schrijver suggests that that the term may have borrowed the /-o-/ from the perfect form *memon-. Though, De Vaan notes that there is no other conclusive evidence in any Indo-European language for this perfect form. Regardless, Schrijver posits that the term would have then undergone the unrounding of *mo- to *ma-. De Vaan argues that it is unclear why maneō would have undergone such unrounding but not moneō. Schrijver, however, suggests that—unlike moneō—the term was not causative and therefore lacked any analogical pressure to restore the o-vocalism. * An alternative hypothesis proposed by Sihler maintains that the term developed from the pre-form Proto-Italic *menēō and added an /a/ according to the model of terms such as Latin habeō, although De Vaan argues that there is no sufficient reason for supporting such a development. This theory is further problematic as there are many other stative verbs with e-vocalism, such as sedeō (“to sit”) or teneō (“to hold”). De Vaan explains the perfect form mānsī as derived from the perfect passive participle mānsus, which he argues replaced earlier *mantos. According to De Vaan, this older form may be the source of Latin mantō. Rix traces the perfect form back to a Proto-Indo-European sigmatic aorist *mḗn-s-t, whence also perhaps Ancient Greek ἔμεινα (émeina). Related to Persian ماندن (mândan, “to remain”) and Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”).

Descendants
  • Italianmanere
  • Frenchmanoirfrom Old French manoir
  • Englishmanoirfrom Old French manoir
  • Englishmanorfrom Old French manoir
  • Romanianmânea
  • Romanianmânere
  • Spanishmanir
  • Aromanianmãn
  • Aromanianmãneari
  • Scotsmanerfrom Old French manoir

Quick answers

What does maneō mean in Latin?
maneō, a verb, means “to stay, remain, abide; to await, wait for, expect (be in store for); to wait”.
What are the principal parts of maneō?
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce maneō?
In classical Latin, [ˈma.ne.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmaː.ne.o].