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manna

manna · f

a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Adversus Marcionem 3 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. manna — Lewis & Short

manna, ae, f., = ma/nna,

I a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62: manna una turis, id. 29, 6, 38, § 119: croci, Veg. Vet. 2, 39. ††

2 manna, man, manhu, neutr. indecl., and manna, ae, f. Hebrew, the manna of the Hebrews.—Neutr.: Filii Israël dixerunt ad invicem, Manhu, quod significat, Quid est hoc? Vulg. Exod. 16, 15: sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum, etc., id. ib. 16, 33.—Fem., Hier. in Psa. 131, 16: mannae cibus, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 20, 3: legimus, manna esui populo fuisse, Tert. Carn. Chr. 6.—

II Transf., food for the soul, divine support: manna absconditum, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.

2. manna — Lewis & Short

manna, ae, f., = μάννα,

I a grain, a vegetable juice hardened into grains, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62: manna una turis, id. 29, 6, 38, § 119: croci, Veg. Vet. 2, 39.

3. manna — Lewis & Short

manna, man, manhu, neutr. indecl., and manna, ae, f.Hebrew,

I the manna of the Hebrews.—Neutr.: Filii Israël dixerunt ad invicem, Manhu, quod significat, Quid est hoc? Vulg. Exod. 16, 15: sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum, etc., id. ib. 16, 33.—Fem., Hier. in Psa. 131, 16: mannae cibus, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 20, 3: legimus, manna esui populo fuisse, Tert. Carn. Chr. 6.—

II Transf., food for the soul, divine support: manna absconditum, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.

In the wild

manna Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 3
manna Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.12
manna Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.21
manna Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.6.p5
manna Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 5
mannae Tertullian, De Patientia 5

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. manna (scan p. 825; entry #18913).

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