different between monetary vs mancus

English

Etymology

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin mon?t?rius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin mon?t?rius (“of a mint”), from mon?ta (“mint, coinage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n?t?i/, /?m?n?t??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?te?i/, /?m?n?te?i/

Adjective

monetary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

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Translations

Further reading

• monetary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• monetary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• monetary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• myronate

English

Noun

mancus (plural mancuses)

1. (historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
2. (historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account.

Synonyms

• mancosus

Anagrams

• Camuns, Cumans

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh?n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh?-r? ~ *mh?-én- (“hand”). Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?man.kus/, [?mä?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?man.kus/, [?m??kus]

Adjective

mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum); first/second-declension adjective

1. maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm
2. defective, imperfect

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

• mancus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mancus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mancus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette