mantum

English

Pope Pius XII wearing the mantum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mantum.

Noun

mantum

  1. The mantle worn by the pope, which is very similar to a cope, but longer and fastened in the front by an elaborate morse.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (trodden road), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (tread, press together; crumble).

Pronunciation

Noun

mantum n (genitive mantī); second declension

  1. a Spanish cloak

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mantum manta
Genitive mantī mantōrum
Dative mantō mantīs
Accusative mantum manta
Ablative mantō mantīs
Vocative mantum manta

Derived terms

Descendants

Feminine forms:

References

  • mantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mantum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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