English

Noun

manutergium ‎(plural not attested)

1. manuterge

Latin

Etymology

From manus ‎(“hand”) +‎ tergeō ‎(“wipe, clean”). Confer with mantēle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.nuˈter.ɡi.um/, [ma.nʊˈtɛr.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

manutergium n ‎(genitive manutergiī or manutergī); second declension

1. towel

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

See also

• anitergium
• facitergium

References

• mănŭtergĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MANUTERGIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mănūtergĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 948/3.