LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

mantō1

mantō (present infinitive mantāre, perfect active mantāvī, supine mantātum)
Classical[ˈman.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈman.to]

Meaning

  1. error unknown tagintransitiveto stay, remain, wait
  2. error unknown tagtransitiveto await, wait for

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.mantōmantābammantābōmantāvīmantāverammantāverō
2nd sg.mantāsmantābāsmantābismantāvistīmantāverāsmantāveris
3rd sg.mantatmantābatmantābitmantāvitmantāveratmantāverit
1st pl.mantāmusmantābāmusmantābimusmantāvimusmantāverāmusmantāverimus
2nd pl.mantātismantābātismantābitismantāvistismantāverātismantāveritis
3rd pl.mantantmantābantmantābuntmantāvērunt
mantāvēre
mantāverantmantāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.mantemmantāremmantāverimmantāvissem
2nd sg.mantēsmantārēsmantāverīsmantāvissēs
3rd sg.mantetmantāretmantāveritmantāvisset
1st pl.mantēmusmantārēmusmantāverīmusmantāvissēmus
2nd pl.mantētismantārētismantāverītismantāvissētis
3rd pl.mantentmantārentmantāverintmantāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.mantormantābarmantābor
2nd sg.mantāris
mantāre
mantābāris
mantābāre
mantāberis
mantābere
3rd sg.mantāturmantābāturmantābitur
1st pl.mantāmurmantābāmurmantābimur
2nd pl.mantāminīmantābāminīmantābiminī
3rd pl.mantanturmantābanturmantābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.mantermantārer
2nd sg.mantēris
mantēre
mantārēris
mantārēre
3rd sg.mantēturmantārētur
1st pl.mantēmurmantārēmur
2nd pl.mantēminīmantārēminī
3rd pl.mantenturmantārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.mantāmantāre
pres. 2nd pl.mantātemantāminī
fut. 2nd sg.mantātōmantātor
fut. 3rd sg.mantātōmantātor
fut. 2nd pl.mantātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.mantantōmantantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivemantāremantārī
perfect infinitivemantāvissemantātum esse
future infinitivemantātūrum essemantātum īrī
present participlemantāns—
perfect participle—mantātus
future participlemantātūrusmantandus
gerundmantandī, mantandō, mantandumsupinemantātum, mantātū

manto, āre, 1,
I. v. freq. n. and a. [maneo].
I. Neutr., to stay, remain, wait (ante-class.): in eādem mantat malitiā, Caecil. ap. Non. 505, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 87 Rib.): manta, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 49; id. Rud. 2, 4, 26: usque mantant, id. Most. 1, 2, 34. —
II. Act., to wait for, await a person: nos apud aedem, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 52: jam me adeo manta, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 133 (Com. Rel. v. 34 Rib.).

Origins

By surface analysis, maneō (“to stay”) + -tō. De Vaan suggests that the term was formed from *mantos, which De Vaan suggests to have been the older perfect participle to Latin maneō.

proper noun · femininefourth declension
Mantō2
Mantō f sg (genitive Mantūs)
Classical[ˈman.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈman.to]

Meaning

  1. GreekA prophetess and daughter of the soothsayer Tiresias

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMantō—
genitiveMantūs—
dativeMantō—
accusativeMantō—
ablativeMantō—
vocativeMantō—

Manto, ūs, f., = Μαντώ.
I. The daughter of Tiresias, a prophetess, and mother of the seer Mopsus, Ov. M. 6, 157; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Hyg. Fab. 128; Stat. Th. 7, 758; 10, 679.—
II. An Italian nymph who had the gift of prophecy, the mother of Ocnus, who founded the city of Mantua: (Ocnus) Fatidicae Mantūs et Tusci filius amnis, Verg. A. 10, 198.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does mantō mean in Latin?
mantō, a verb, means “to stay, remain, wait; to await, wait for”.
What are the principal parts of mantō?
mantō, mantāre, mantāvī, mantātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce mantō?
In classical Latin, [ˈman.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈman.to].