manuculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modification of earlier *manupulus, itself a modification of Classical Latin manipulus, from manus f (“hand”) and -pleō (“fill”). The modified form can be interpreted as ending in the diminutive termination -uculus. Attested in the prefixed form ⟨commanuculus⟩, in the syncopated form ⟨manuclus⟩ in a Seneca manuscript, and in the misspelled form ⟨mamaculus⟩ in a gloss from late antiquity.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]manuculus m (genitive manuculī); second declension (Late Latin)
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: mannocchio (obsolete)
- Neapolitan:
- maniecchie (Matera)
- manuocchie (Agnone, Campobasso)
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Ladin: manodl
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
[edit]- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manĭpŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 231
- ^ Wilhelm Heraeus (1899) Die Sprache des Petronius und die Glossen, Leipzig, page 45: "manuclus: III 485, 58 mamaculus δραμα, wohl = manuculus δράγμα, vgl. Z. 54 manipulus δράγμα"