manipulus
manipulus "Handvoll"
From manus (“hand”) and root of pleō (“fill”): a "handful".
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈnɪ.pʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈniː.pu.lus]
manipulus m (genitive manipulī); second declension
- (historical military) a maniple (a double company of soldiers employed in the Roman legions between the Samnite Wars and the Marian reforms (3rd–2nd centuries BC), varying from 60–120 men)
- handful, bundle
- team, troupe
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | manipulus | manipulī |
| genitive | manipulī | manipulōrum |
| dative | manipulō | manipulīs |
| accusative | manipulum | manipulōs |
| ablative | manipulō | manipulīs |
| vocative | manipule | manipulī |