mancipatio

English

Noun

mancipatio (uncountable)

  1. (law, historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn verbal contract by which the ownership of certain types of goods (res mancipi) was transferred.

Latin

Etymology

mancipō +‎ -tiō

Noun

mancipātiō f (genitive mancipātiōnis); third declension

  1. transfer, delivery
  2. surrendering

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mancipātiō mancipātiōnēs
Genitive mancipātiōnis mancipātiōnum
Dative mancipātiōnī mancipātiōnibus
Accusative mancipātiōnem mancipātiōnēs
Ablative mancipātiōne mancipātiōnibus
Vocative mancipātiō mancipātiōnēs

References
  • “mancipatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mancipatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mancipatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mancipatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mancipatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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