māne — Lewis & Short
māne, indecl. (archaic
abl. mani, like luci, vesperi:I
a mani ad vesperum,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80; id. Poen. 3, 3, 37), n. old Lat. manus, good; whence immanis; cf. Manes.
I The morning, morn. As subst., mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose:
noctes vigilabat ad ipsum Mane,Hor. S. 1, 3, 18:
a primo mane opus aggredi,at the earliest dawn, Col. 11, 1, 14:
mane novum,Verg. G. 3, 325:
(litteras) multo mane mihi dedit,very early in the morning, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 1:
mane totum dormies,Mart. 1, 49, 36:
mane erat,Ov. F. 1, 547:
a mane usque ad vesperam,Suet. Calig. 18: a mane diei, Auct. B. Afr. 42.—
II As adv., in the morning, early in the morning (freq. and class.):
postridie ejus diei, mane,Caes. B. G. 4, 13; 5, 10, 1:
hodie mane,this morning, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
cras mane,to-morrow morning, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 46:
hodierno die, mane,Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 21.—Connected with other adverbs:
nimis paene mane est,Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 33:
bene mane,very early in the morning, Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2; 14, 18, 1; 10, 16, 1:
primo mane,Just. 1, 10; Col. 12, 1, 3:
tam mane,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:
plane mane,quite early in the morning, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.