mantia

See also: Mantia and -mantia

Dacian

Etymology

Considered as a Mediterranean wanderwort by Beekes. Compare Albanian man (“mulberry”), Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”).

Noun

mantia

  1. The edible blueberry plant.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Dacian mantia, through Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).

Pronunciation

Noun

mantīa f (genitive mantīae); first declension

  1. The plant blackberry among the Dacians

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mantīa mantīae
Genitive mantīae mantīārum
Dative mantīae mantīīs
Accusative mantīam mantīās
Ablative mantīā mantīīs
Vocative mantīa mantīae

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