mănĭfestus — Lewis & Short
mănĭfestus, old form mănŭfestus (v. Lachm. ad adj.manus and fendo; cf.: defendo, offendo, i. e. that one hits by the hand; hence,
Lucr. 2, 867), a, um.I palpable, clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest.
I In gen. (class.):
manifesta res est,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 8:
Penates multo manifesti lumine,Verg. A. 3, 151:
res ita notas, ita manifestas proferam, ut,Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:
et apertae res,id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95:
manifestus ex opere labor,Quint. 10, 3, 8:
phrenesis,Juv. 14, 136.—With inf.:
manifestus nosci,Stat. Th. 10, 759.—Comp.:
manifestior fraus,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123.—Sup.:
manifestissimum exemplum,Plin. 37, 10, 60, 3 165.—In neutr. sing. with a subjectclause, it is manifest that:
manifestum est, ab exordio matutino latitudines scandi,Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: mănĭfesta, orum, obvious facts, palpable things:
vera ac manifesta canere,Juv. 2, 64.—
II In partic., law t. t.
A Of offences, exposed, brought to light, proved by direct evidence: manifestum furtum est quod deprehenditur dum fit, Masur. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 11:
atque deprehensum scelus,Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 11:
peccatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191; Gai. Inst. 3, 183 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 2.—
B Of offenders, convicted of a thing, caught or apprehended in, manifestly betraying any thing; constr. absol., with a gen. or inf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
(a) Absol.:
nec magis manufestum ego hominem umquam ullum teneri vidi,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 29:
ut eos (sc. conjuratos) quam maxume manifestos habeant,i. e. bring to light, expose, Sall. C. 41:
nocentes,i. e. evidently guilty, Ov. Nux, 3.—
(b) With gen.:
mendacii,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 30:
sceleris,Sall. J. 35:
rerum capitalium,id. C. 52, 36:
ambitionis,Tac. A. 14, 29:
offensionis,id. ib. 4, 53:
doloris,Ov. F. 5, 313:
vitae,giving manifest signs of life, Tac. A. 12, 51:
magnae cogitationis,id. ib. 15, 54:
novarum virium,Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 8.—
(g) With inf.:
dissentire manifestus,Tac. A. 2, 57.—Hence, adv., in two forms: mănĭfestō (class.) and mănĭ-festē (post-class.), palpably, clearly, openly, evidently, manifestly.—Form manifesto:
teneor manifesto miser,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66:
alter alterum manifesto prehendunt,id. Ps. 5, 1, 16; id. Most. 2, 2, 79:
ut tota res a vobis manifesto deprehenderetur,Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4:
compertum atque deprehensum facinus,id. Clu. 14, 43:
cum manifesto venenum deprehendisset,id. ib. 7, 20:
apparet,Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; 9, 45, 69, § 148. —Form manifeste, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 7, 5; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 60; Dig. 50, 16, 243:
manifeste comperire,App. M. 6, p. 180, 5.— Comp.:
manifestius ipsi apparere,Verg. A. 8, 16; Tac. H. 4, 23; 1, 88.—Sup.:
ut omnibus manifestissime pateat,App. Mag. p. 316, 26; so Dig. 33, 2, 32, § 6; Cod. Just. 4, 18, 2, § 1.