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1. manna, ae, f., = μάννα,

  1. 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. ††
      1. 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.
  2. II. Transf., food for the soul, divine support: manna absconditum, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.

mannŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. mannus], a Gallic pony (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 3; Mart. 12, 24, 8. ††

    1. 1. mannus, i, m. [Celtic], a kind of small Gallic horse, a coach-horse, cob (used esp. for pleasure-drives): agens mannos, Lucr. 3, 1063: si per obliquum similis sagittae (serpens) Terruit mannos, Hor. C. 3, 27, 6; id. Ep. 1, 7, 77: rapientibus esseda mannis, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 49: detonsi, with shorn manes, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 15: obesi manni, Sen. Ep. 87, 9.
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    3. 2. Mannus, i, m. [Germ. Mann, ἄνθρωπος], a god of the ancient Germans, son of Tuisco, Tac. G. 2.