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mano

mano · v. n

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 87 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

māno — Lewis & Short

māno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I a. [prob. for mad-no; Sanscr. madas, drunkenness; Gr. madaro/s, flowing; cf.: madeo, madidus; also Gr. ma=no/s], to flow, run, trickle, drop, distil, etc.
I Lit.
(a) Neutr.: manat omni corpore sudor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 399); cf.: manat item nobis e toto corpore sudor, Lucr. 6, 944: gelidus toto manabat corpore sudor, Verg. A. 3, 175: tepidae manant ex arbore guttae, Ov. M. 10, 500: fons manat, id. ib. 9, 664: cruor, id. ib. 13, 887: lacrima, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59: sanies, id. C. 3, 11, 19: Herculis simulacrum multo sudore manavit, dripped with much sweat, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: signa Lanuvii cruore manavere, dripped with gore, Liv. 23, 31, 15: cultrum ex volnere extractum manante cruore prae se tenens, Liv. 1, 59, 1: alvei manantes per latera et fluctu superurgente, leaking through the joints of the side, Tac. A. 2, 23: longā manantia labra salivā, Juv. 6, 623.—
(b) Act., to give out, shed, pour forth: Indica gemma in attritu sudorem purpureum manat, gives out, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: lacrimas marmora manant, Ov. M. 6, 312.—Poet.: fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum, to distil poetic honey, i. e. to be a poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44.—
B Transf., of things not fluid, to flow, diffuse or extend itself, to spread: aër, qui per maria manat, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 40: sonitus per aures, Lucr. 6, 927: multa a luna manant, et fluunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: manat dies ab oriente, Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll.: manare solem antiqui dicebant, cum solis orientis radii splendorem jacere coepissent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.—
II Trop., to diffuse or extend itself, to spread, get abroad: cum malum manaret in dies latius, daily spreads farther, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; cf.: malum manavit per Italiam, id. Cat. 4, 3, 6: manat tota urbe rumor, Liv. 2, 49: manat et funditur disserendi ratio per omnes partis sapientiae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 72: cum tristis a Mutina fama manaret, id. Phil. 4, 6, 15: nomen usque ad Pythagorae manavit aetatem, id. ib. 5, 3, 8: fidei bonae nomen manat latissime, id. Off. 3, 17, 70: manavit ea benignitas ex urbe etiam in castra, Liv. 24, 18.—
B Esp., to flow, spring, arise, proceed, emanate, have its origin, originate from any thing: peccata ex vitiis manant, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 22: omnis honestas manat a partibus quattuor, id. Off. 1, 43, 152: ab Aristippo Cyrenaica philosophia manavit, id. de Or. 3, 17, 62: unde omnia manant, videre, id. ib. 3, 2, 27.—
C To escape, be forgotten: omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat, Hor. A. P. 337.

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. mano (scan p. 408; entry #6502).

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