Latin

Noun

manceps m ‎(genitive mancipis); third declension

1. purchaser, renter
2. contractor, agent
3. surety, bondsman
4. owner, proprietor, possessor

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• mancipō

Descendants

• Portuguese: mancebo
• Spanish: mancebo

References

• manceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MANCEPS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “manceps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• manceps in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• manceps in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin