manes

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: mäʹnāz, IPA(key): /ˈmɑːneɪz/ Rhymes: -ɑːneɪz ==== 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. ===== Related terms ===== manism manist ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: mānz, IPA(key): /meɪnz/ Rhymes: -eɪnz ==== Noun ==== manes plural of mane === Anagrams === Means, Mensa, Seman, amens, manse, means, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames == Asturian == === Noun === manes plural of mano == Catalan == === Verb === manes second-person singular present indicative of manar == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Substantive use of the masculine plural of Old Latin mānis (“good”), so originally "the good ones". For the sense development, compare Northern Kurdish meçêtir, yên ji me çêtir (“jinn, ghost, lit. "the ones better than us"”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.nes] ==== Noun ==== mānēs m pl (genitive mānium); third declension souls or spirits of the dead, shades, ghosts the spirit of a specific dead person remains, the ashes or corpse of a dead person Hades, the netherworld ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: manes French: mânes pl German: Manen pl Italian: mani pl Spanish: manes pl === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.nes] ==== Adjective ==== mānēs (Old Latin) nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine singular of mānis (“good”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.nes] ==== Verb ==== manēs second-person singular present active indicative of maneō === 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “manes”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3] “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 and Roman 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 == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧nes === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin manes. ==== Noun ==== manes m pl (plural only) (Roman mythology) manes (spirits of the dead) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== manes second-person singular present subjunctive of manar === Further reading === “manes”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “manes”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmanes/ [ˈma.nes] Rhymes: -anes Syllabification: ma‧nes === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== manes m pl (plural only) manes (souls) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== manes second-person singular present subjunctive of manar === Further reading === “manes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Volapük == === Noun === manes dative plural of man