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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/02/26 16:49 UTC 版)
Latinized form of Arabic منقوش (manqūsh). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
mancus (plural mancuses)
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”), with semantic shift "hand" > "handy" > "handicapped, having a defect of the hand". Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”).
An alternate theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to lack”), comparing Lithuanian meñkas (“poor, small”) and Tocharian B mänk- (“to be deprived of, lack”). The root of these words is at times alternatively reconstructed as *men- (“small, isolated”).
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mancus | manca | mancum | mancī | mancae | manca | |
| genitive | mancī | mancae | mancī | mancōrum | mancārum | mancōrum | |
| dative | mancō | mancae | mancō | mancīs | |||
| accusative | mancum | mancam | mancum | mancōs | mancās | manca | |
| ablative | mancō | mancā | mancō | mancīs | |||
| vocative | mance | manca | mancum | mancī | mancae | manca | |