LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

manuālis

manuālis (neuter manuāle)
Classical[ma.nuˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ma.nuˈaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. relationaltwo terminationhand
  2. two terminationsuitable to be hand-held

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemanuālismanuālismanuāle
genitivemanuālismanuālismanuālis
dativemanuālīmanuālīmanuālī
accusativemanuālemmanuālemmanuāle
ablativemanuālīmanuālīmanuālī
vocativemanuālismanuālismanuāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemanuālēsmanuālēsmanuālia
genitivemanuāliummanuāliummanuālium
dativemanuālibusmanuālibusmanuālibus
accusativemanuālīs
manuālēs		manuālīs
manuālēs		manuālia
ablativemanuālibusmanuālibusmanuālibus
vocativemanuālēsmanuālēsmanuālia

mănŭālis, e, adj. 1. manus,
I. of or belonging to the hand, for the hand, that is held in or fills the hand, hand-.
I. Adj. (mostly post-Aug.): manuales lapides, that can be thrown with the hand, Sisenn. ap. Non. 449, 2: saxa, Tac. A. 4, 51: fasciculi, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 16: pecten, id. 18, 30, 72, § 298: scopae, id. 24, 15, 80, § 131: mola, Hier. in Chron. ad Ann. CCCVIII. a. Chr. n.: aqua, for washing hands, Tert. Apol. 39.—
II. Subst.: mănŭāle, is, n. (sc. involucrum), the case or covering of a book, Mart. 14, 84 in lemm.—Plur.: manualia, handbooks, Fragm. Vat. § 45 sq.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin manuālis From manus + -ālis.

Descendants
  • Italianmanovale
  • Catalanmanual
  • Englishmanualfrom Old French manuel
  • Frenchmanuelfrom Old French manuel
  • Germanmanuellfrom Old French manuel
  • Italianmanuale
  • Portuguesemangual
  • Asturianmanal
  • Old Frenchmanel
  • Danishmanuelfrom Old French manuel

In English words that came into English from manuālis

  • manualmanuālis
  • manualitermanuāliter

Quick answers

What does manuālis mean in Latin?
manuālis, a adjective, means “hand; suitable to be hand-held”.
How do you pronounce manuālis?
In classical Latin, [ma.nuˈaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.nuˈaː.lis].