maneo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈma.ne.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmaː.ne.o]^[1]

Forms

maneō (present infinitive manēre, perfect active mānsī, supine mānsum); second conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Proto-Italic *m(o)n-ē-, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-eh₁- (“to remain”), a stative verb from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay, stand still”).^[2][1] The participle mānsus is secondary; the old form survives in mantō.^[2] Cognate with Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”), Armenian մնամ (mnam, “to remain”) and Old Persian mānaya- (“to expect”).^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Livius Andronicus uses it.^[2] Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

In Classical Latin it was to stay in the same place, as Caesar's men who stayed at home, to lodge or stay, to wait, and of fate to await someone, as in Plautus' “may good await me and evil you”.^[3][5] It was to remain in a state, to persist, and of things to last or endure.^[3] Döderlein contrasts it with moror, to tarry, and with exspectō, a mental act of waiting.^[6]

It survives as Italian manere and Romanian mânea, and Old French manoir “to dwell” gave English manor.^[1][7] English mansion comes from mānsiō and remain from remaneō.^[7]

Timeline

• 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^[2][4]
• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of something in store for someone.^[3][4]
• c. 1300 – English manor is recorded, from Anglo-French maner.^[7]
• mid-14th century – English mansion is recorded, from mānsiō.^[7]

Meanings

Verb

1. To remain, stay (in a place).^[3][8]
2. To lodge, stay the night.^[3][1]
3. To wait.^[3]
4. To await, be in store for.^[3]
5. To continue (in a state); to persist.^[3]
6. To last, endure.^[3]

Word family

• commaneō
• ēmaneō
• immaneō
• intermaneō
• manentia
• mānsiō
• mānsitō
• mansor
• mansus
• mantō
• obmanens
• permaneō

Related words

• mānsiōnārius
• mānsiuncula
• mānsōrius
• English manor
• English mansion
• English remain
• English permanent

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ Döderlein, Ludwig (1874), Döderlein’s Hand-book of Latin Synonymes, tr. H. H. Arnold, Andover: W. F. Draper
7. ^ a b c d Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
8. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press