Manlius

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Chase (1897) connects it to Mānīlius, Mānius (from mānis (“good”), from Old Latin Mānios).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mānlius m sg (genitive Mānliī or Mānlī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Marcus Manlius, a Roman consul
    2. Titus Manlius Torquatus, a Roman dictator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mānlius
genitive Mānliī
Mānlī1
dative Mānliō
accusative Mānlium
ablative Mānliō
vocative Mānlī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

  • Manlia
  • Manliānus

References

  1. ^ George Davis Chase (1897) “The Origin of Roman Praenomina”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 8, pages 103-184
  • “Manlius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Manlius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Chapter 3, Charles E. Bennett (1907) The Latin Language – a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax. Allyn & Bacon, Boston.
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