centimanus

Latin

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ manus (“hand”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἑκατόγχειρος (hekatónkheiros).

Adjective

centimanus (feminine centimana, neuter centimanum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hundred-handed
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Carmina 2.17.14:
      Me nec Chimaerae spiritus igneae
      nec si resurgat centimanus Gyas
      divellet umquam: sic potenti
      Iustitiae placitumque Parcis
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative centimanus centimana centimanum centimanī centimanae centimana
genitive centimanī centimanae centimanī centimanōrum centimanārum centimanōrum
dative centimanō centimanae centimanō centimanīs
accusative centimanum centimanam centimanum centimanōs centimanās centimana
ablative centimanō centimanā centimanō centimanīs
vocative centimane centimana centimanum centimanī centimanae centimana

Descendants

References

“centimanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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