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noun · neutersecond declension

manubrium

manubrium n (genitive manubriī or manubrī)
Classical[maˈnʊ.bri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[maˈnuː.bri.um]

Meaning

  1. neuterhandle, haft
    […]; is etiam sese sapere memorat: malleum / sapientiorem vidi excusso manubrio.1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley He too declares that he is a wise man! that the hammer, forsooth, should be wiser than the handle.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Epidicus 3.4.92–93 (iambic senarius)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemanubriummanubria
manībria
genitivemanubriī
manubrī, manībrī, manībriī		manubriōrum
manībriōrum
dativemanubriō
manībriō		manubriīs
manībriīs
accusativemanubriummanubria
manībria
ablativemanubriō
manībriō		manubriīs
manībriīs
vocativemanubriummanubria
manībria

mănūbrĭum (mănĭbrĭum), ii, n. 1. manus,
I. that which is grasped or held in the hand; hence, a handle, hilt, haft (class.): trulla excavata, manubrio aureo, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: manubria, quorum optima sunt ilignea, Col. 11, 2, 92: bidentis, id. 5, 10, 2: per ipsum manubrii foramen, Pall. 3, 17, 8: cultellorum, Juv. 11, 133: epistomiorum, Vitr. 10, 13.—Prov.: Is etiam sese sapere memorat! Malleum sapientiorem scilicet esse manubrio, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 92: eximere alicui ex manu manubrium, to take the handle out of one's hand, i. e. to deprive one of the opportunity of doing a thing, id. Aul. 3, 4, 12.

Origins

From manus (“hand”) + a variant of -brum.

Descendants
  • Englishmanubrium
  • Italianmanubrio
  • Spanishmanubrio

In English words that came into English from manubrium

  • manubriummanubrium

Quick answers

What does manubrium mean in Latin?
manubrium, a noun, means “handle, haft”.
What is the genitive of manubrium?
The genitive singular is manubriī. manubrium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce manubrium?
In classical Latin, [maˈnʊ.bri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maˈnuː.bri.um].