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manticulor

manticulor · v. dep

to steal

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Where it lives

Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

1. mantĭcŭlor — Lewis & Short

mantĭcŭlor, 1, v. dep.manticula; lit., to be busied with purses; hence,

I to steal (ante- and post-class.): cum utrem ventosissimum manticularentur, App. Mag. 55, p. 309, 36.—

II Transf., to act slyly, go cunningly to work: manticularum usus pauperibus in nummis recondendis etiam nostro saeculo fuit. Unde manticulari dicebantur, qui furandi gratiā manticulos attrectabant. Inde poëtae pro dolose quid agendo usi sunt eo verbo, etc., Pac. ap. Fest. p. 133 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 376 Rib.).

2. manticulor — Walde–Hofmann

manticulor, -ätus sum, -ärı „gehe verschmitzt zu Werke; treibe Beutelschneiderei, stehle“ (seit Pacuv., rom. unsicher [Meyer-Lübke n. 5327 a]; manticulätor “fraudätor’ und manticulatió *fallàcia vel lénücinium" Gl. [vgl auch manticulürius unter mantellum]): als ,Beutelschneiderei treiben“ Abltg. von manticula, Demin. von mantica; vgl. Paul. Fest. 133 unde (sc. à manticulà) manticulari dieebantur, qui fürandi grätiä … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. manticulor, p. 939]

In the wild

manticularentur Apuleius, Apologia 55.p1

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. manticulor (scan p. 939; entry #1686). Root candidates: *ma-.

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