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Manes
English
Etymology 1
From Latin manes ("spirits of the dead").
Pronunciation
Noun
manes pl (plural only)
- The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 9
- this was the Ustrina or place of burning their bodies, or some sacrificing place unto the Manes
- 1819, Felicia Hemans, The Wife of Asdrubal, Tales and Historic Scenes, p. 171
- Still may the manès of thy children rise
To chase calm slumber from thy wearied eyes;
Still may their voices on the haunted air
In fearful whispers tell thee to despair,
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
manes
- plural of mane
Anagrams
- Means, Mensa, Seman, amens, manse, means, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames
Catalan
Verb
manes
- second-person singular present indicative form of manar
Latin
Etymology 1
Literally "the good ones", substantive use of the masculine plural of m?nis ("good").
Pronunciation
Noun
m?n?s m pl (genitive m?nium); third declension
- the spirits of dead ancestors; deified shades
- a corpse
- ashes; remains
- the netherworld
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Adjective
m?n?s
- nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine singular of m?nis
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Verb
man?s
- second-person singular present active indicative of mane?
References
- manes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to have something in one's hands, on hand: in manibus habere aliquid (also metaphorically)
- (ambiguous) to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to let go from one's hands: e manibus dimittere
- (ambiguous) to carry in one's arms: in manibus aliquem gestare
- (ambiguous) to slip, escape from the hands: e (de) manibus effugere, el?bi
- (ambiguous) to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)
- (ambiguous) to have success in one's grasp: fortunam in manibus habere
- (ambiguous) to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
- (ambiguous) to be engaged on a book: liber mihi est in manibus
- (ambiguous) to be engaged on a book: librum in manibus habere (Acad. 1. 1. 2)
- (ambiguous) the book, speech can easily be obtained: liber, oratio in manibus est
- (ambiguous) to lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): librum de manibus ponere
- (ambiguous) to appease the manes, make sacrifice for departed souls: manes expiare (Pis. 7. 16)
- (ambiguous) to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus
- (ambiguous) to not let the enemy escape: hostem e manibus non dimittere
- (ambiguous) to escape from the hands of the enemy: effugere, el?bi e manibus hostium
- (ambiguous) to let the enemy escape: dimittere e manibus hostes
- (ambiguous) to rescue some one from the hands of the enemy: eripere aliquem e manibus hostium
- manes in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- manes in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manes in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- manes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Noun
manes
- plural of mane
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin manes.
Noun
manes m pl (plural only)
- (Roman mythology) manes (spirits of the dead)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
manes
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of manar.
Volapük
Noun
manes
- dative plural of man