LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

mantum

mantum n (genitive mantī)
Classical[ˈman.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈman.tum]

Meaning

  1. neutera Spanish cloak

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemantummanta
genitivemantīmantōrum
dativemantōmantīs
accusativemantummanta
ablativemantōmantīs
vocativemantummanta

mantum, i, n.,
I. a Spanish cloak: mantum Hispani vocant, quod manus tegat tantum: est enim breve amictum, Isid. Orig. 19, 24, 15.

Origins

Probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmanto
  • Italianmanto
  • Spanishmanto
  • Englishmantofrom Spanish manto
  • Portuguesemantofrom Old Galician-Portuguese manto
  • Englishmantum
  • Catalanmanta
  • Portuguesemanta
  • Spanishmanta
  • Chavacanomantofrom Spanish manto

In English words that came into English from mantum

  • mantummantum

Quick answers

What does mantum mean in Latin?
mantum, a noun, means “a Spanish cloak”.
What is the genitive of mantum?
The genitive singular is mantī. mantum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce mantum?
In classical Latin, [ˈman.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈman.tum].