manica

See also: Manica and mãnicã

Interlingua

Noun

manica (plural manicas)

  1. manacle

Italian

Etymology

From Latin manica.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -anika

Noun

manica f (plural maniche) (augmetative manicona, meliorative manichetta, pejorative manicaccia)

  1. sleeve, shirtsleeve
  2. (heraldry) maunch
  3. (figuratively) gang, pack

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

manica f (genitive manicae); first declension

  1. long sleeve of a tunic
  2. (in the plural) manacles, handcuffs
  3. (in the plural, figuratively, nautical) a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative manica manicae
Genitive manicae manicārum
Dative manicae manicīs
Accusative manicam manicās
Ablative manicā manicīs
Vocative manica manicae

Descendants

See also

References
  • manica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • manica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • manica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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