LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

manū̆pretium

manū̆pretium n (genitive manū̆pretiī or manū̆pretī)
Classical[ma.nuːˈprɛ.ti.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ma.nuˈprɛt.t͡si.um]

Meaning

  1. pay, wages
  2. reward
  3. workmanship
    Fīa͞t. cĕdo‿a͞urum, ĕgŏ mănū̆prĕtĭu͞m dăbō.1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley Be it so. Give me the gold; I'll find the price of the workmanship.c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 544 (iambic senarius)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemanū̆pretiummanū̆pretia
manipretia
genitivemanū̆pretiī
manū̆pretī, manipretī, manipretiī		manū̆pretiōrum
manipretiōrum
dativemanū̆pretiō
manipretiō		manū̆pretiīs
manipretiīs
accusativemanū̆pretiummanū̆pretia
manipretia
ablativemanū̆pretiō
manipretiō		manū̆pretiīs
manipretiīs
vocativemanū̆pretiummanū̆pretia
manipretia

mănŭprĕtĭum (mănĭpr-; and as two words, mănŭs prĕtĭum and mă-nŭi prĕtĭum; v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 34, 7, 4), ii, n. 1. manus-pretium,
I. a workman's or artist's pay, wages.
I. Lit.: manupretium dabo, Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 17: in auro, praeter manus pretium, nihil intertrimenti fit, Liv. 34, 7: ex manipretio cujusque signi denarios deponere aureos singulos, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37.—
B. Trop., pay, reward: manupretium perditae civitatis, Cic. Pis. 24, 57: castrensium laborum tarda manupretia, Sen. Ep. 101, 6.—
II. Transf., the value of the work in a thing made by art, the workmanship (opp. to the material; postclass.): manupretium dicitur, ubi non tam materiae ratio, quam manus atque artis ducitur, Ps. - Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147: plerumque plus est in manus pretio, quam in re, Dig. 50, 16, 13.

Origins

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

Quick answers

What does manū̆pretium mean in Latin?
manū̆pretium, a noun, means “pay, wages; reward; workmanship”.
What is the genitive of manū̆pretium?
The genitive singular is manū̆pretiī. manū̆pretium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce manū̆pretium?
In classical Latin, [ma.nuːˈprɛ.ti.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.nuˈprɛt.t͡si.um].