manipulus

Esperanto

Verb

manipulus

  1. conditional of manipuli

Ido

Verb

manipulus

  1. conditional of manipular

Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”) and root of pleō (“fill”): a "handful".

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈni.pu.lus/, [maˈnɪ.pʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

manipulus m (genitive manipulī); second declension

  1. (historical military) A maniple, a double company of soldiers employed in the Roman legions between the Samnite Wars and the Marian reforms (3rd–2nd centuries BC), varying from 60–120 men.
  2. handful, bundle
  3. team, troupe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative manipulus manipulī
Genitive manipulī manipulōrum
Dative manipulō manipulīs
Accusative manipulum manipulōs
Ablative manipulō manipulīs
Vocative manipule manipulī

Meronyms
  • (unit of soldiers): centuria (½ manipulus); legio (notionally 30 manipuli)

Descendants

References
  • manipulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • manipulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • manipulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • manipulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • manipulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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