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manifestarius

manifestarius

caught in the act

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1. manifestarius — de Vaan

manifestarius 'caught in the act' (PL+). Pit. *en-fristo- 'rushing in'? According to Leumann 1977: 390, manu/ifestus derives from *manu festus with iambic shortening of the first element. If manifestus may be interpreted as 'caught by hand', the meanings seem to point to 'grabbing' or 'attacking' for -festus. The connection with PIE *dhers- 'to be bold' is not very compelling» Latin -fest- may stem from *fast-, -st- … — [de Vaan, s.v. manifestarius, p. 317]

2. manifestarius — de Vaan

manifestarius 'caught in the act' (PL+); mamimittere 'to free' (Varro+). Pit *man-u- 'hand'. It. cognates: O. manim [acc.sg.] 'hand', U. manuve [loc.sg. + -en] , mani, mam*[ubl.sg.]9 manff [acc.pl.], SPic. manus [abl.pL] 'hand7 < *manu-\ O. manafum [ls.pf.?] 'to give', aamanaffed, aamanafed, amanafed [3s.pf.] 'to commission', emanafed [3s.pf.] 'id.' < *man-fe-f- 4to put at hands' (+ prev. a-, e-) < *-cte-cthr; U. … — [de Vaan, s.v. manifestarius, p. 377]

3. mănĭfestārĭus — Lewis & Short

mănĭfestārĭus, a, um, adj.manifestus,

I palpable, plain, clear, evident, manifest (ante- and post-class. for manifestus): fur, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 10: moechus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 77: teneo hunc manifestarium, id. Trin. 4, 2, 50.—Of things: res, id. Mil. 2, 5, 34: soloecismus, Gell. 1, 7, 3.

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  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. manifestarius (scan pp. 377-378; entry #1000). Root candidates: *manu-, *man-, *manfef-.

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