manceps

== Latin == === Etymology === From prehistoric *manukaps through syncope. Ultimately from manus (“hand”) +‎ -ceps (“taker”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaŋ.kɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈman̠ʲ.t͡ʃeps] === Noun === manceps m (genitive mancipis); third declension purchaser, renter contractor, agent surety, bondsman owner, proprietor, possessor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== mancipō ==== Descendants ==== Italian: mancipe Aragonese: mancebo Asturian: mancebu Catalan: macip Galician: mancebo Occitan: mancip Portuguese: mancebo Spanish: mancebo === References === “manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “manceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "manceps", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “manceps”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “manceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “manceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin