[ˈmaː.neːs], [ˈmaː.nes]
OrigoSubstantive 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"”)
- declension-3souls or spirits of the dead, shades, ghosts
“Id cinerem aut mānīs crēdis cūrāre sepultōs?” — “Do you [really] believe that [any of] this matters to ashes, or spirits entombed?”
(Anna questions Dido’s devotion to her deceased husband; it may be a general statement about all spirits, or underst
- declension-3the spirit of a specific dead person
- declension-3remains, the ashes or corpse of a dead person
- declension-3Hades, the netherworld
- declension-3Mani, Manes
- Old-Latin, accusative, feminine, form-of, masculinenominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine singular of mānis (“good”)
- active, form-of, indicative, present, second-personsecond-person singular present active indicative of maneō
Formaemānēs(canonical, masculine, plural) · mānium(genitive) · mānēs(nominative, plural) · mānium(genitive, plural) · mānibus(dative, plural) · mānēs(accusative, plural) · mānīs(accusative, plural) · mānibus(ablative, plural) · mānēs(plural, vocative) · mānēs(canonical) · manēs(canonical) · Manēs(canonical, masculine, singular) · Manētis(genitive) · Manēs(nominative, singular) · Manētis(genitive, singular) · Manētī(dative, singular) · Manētem(accusative, singular) · Manēte(ablative, singular) · Manēs(singular, vocative)