Manto

Manto

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.

From Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).

Manto f

1. (Greek mythology) Manto

• monta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντώ (Mantṓ).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈman.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈman̪.t̪o]

Mantō f sg (genitive Mantūs); fourth declension

1. (Greek mythology) A prophetess and daughter of the soothsayer Tiresias

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.

• “Manto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Manto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Manto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray