manes
[ mey-neez; Latin mah-nes ]
/ ˈmeɪ niz; Latin ˈmɑ nɛs /
noun
(used with a plural verb) Roman Religion.
the souls of the dead; shades.
(used with a singular verb)
the spirit or shade of a particular dead person.
Also
Ma·nes.
Origin of manes
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin
mānēs (plural); akin to Latin
mānis, mānus good
Words nearby manes
manducate,
mandyas,
mane,
maneb,
maned wolf,
manes,
manet,
manet, edouard,
manetho,
maneuver,
maneuverable
Definition for manes (2 of 3)
Manes
[ mey-neez ]
/ ˈmeɪ niz /
noun
a.d. 216?–276?,
Persian prophet: founder of Manicheanism.
Definition for manes (3 of 3)
mane
[ meyn ]
/ meɪn /
noun
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
Informal.
(on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.
Origin of mane
before 900; Middle English; Old English
manu; cognate with German
Mähne, Dutch
manen, Old Norse
mǫn
OTHER WORDS FROM mane
maned, adjective mane·less, adjective un·maned, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for manes
British Dictionary definitions for manes (1 of 3)
manes
/ (ˈmɑːneɪz, Latin ˈmɑːnɛs) /
pl n (sometimes capital) (in Roman legend)
the spirits of the dead, often revered as minor deities
(functioning as singular)
the shade of a dead person
Word Origin for manes
C14: from Latin, probably: the good ones, from Old Latin
mānus good
British Dictionary definitions for manes (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for manes (3 of 3)
mane
/ (meɪn) /
noun
the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
long thick human hair
Derived forms of mane
maned, adjective maneless, adjectiveWord Origin for mane
Old English
manu; related to Old High German
mana, Old Norse
mön, and perhaps to Old English
mene and Old High German
menni necklace