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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mănĭpŭlus</b>: (sync. mănīplus, in poets; plur.:<br /><b>I</b> [[inter]] manipula, Spart. Hadrian. 10), i, m. [[manus]]-[[pleo]], [[plenus]], a [[handful]], a [[bundle]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: de his (herbis) manipulos fieri, Varr. R. R. 1, 49: manipulos obligare, Col. 11, 2, 40: vincire, id. 2, 19, 2: alligari, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262: filicumque maniplis Sternere humum, Verg. G. 3, 297: nexos deferre maniplos, Col. 10, 315: maniplos solvere, the bundles of [[hay]], Juv. 8, 153.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> = [[ἁλτῆρες]], pieces of [[metal]] held in the [[hand]] [[during]] [[gymnastic]] exercises, to [[increase]] the [[momentum]] of a [[leap]] or [[stroke]], Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Because the [[ancient]] Romans [[adopted]] a [[pole]], [[with]] a [[handful]] of [[hay]] or [[straw]] [[twisted]] [[about]] it, as the [[standard]] of a [[company]] of soldiers; in milit. lang., a [[certain]] [[number]] of soldiers belonging to the [[same]] [[standard]], a [[company]], maniple; [[generally]] applied to [[infantry]], and [[only]] by [[way]] of [[exception]] to [[cavalry]]: [[miles]] [[pulcre]] [[centuriatus]] est expuncto in manipulo, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 29: [[pertica]] suspensos portabat longa maniplos: Unde [[maniplaris]] nomina [[miles]] habet, Ov. F. 3, 117: [[adeo]] ut iidem ordines, manipulique constarent, Caes. B. C. 2, 28: manipulos laxare, id. B. G. 2, 25: continere ad signa manipulos, id. ib. 6, 33: in legione sunt manipuli [[triginta]], Gell. 16, 4, 6.—Of [[cavalry]]: infrenati manipli, Sil. 4, 316: App. M. 9, p. 221, 5.—Comically: [[manipulus]] farum, a [[troop]], [[band]], Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mănĭpŭlus</b>¹⁰ et sync. [poét.] <b>măniplus</b>, ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> manipule, poignée, gerbe, botte [herbe, fleurs, etc.] : [[Varro]] R. 1, 49 ; Col. Rust. 11, 2, 40 ; Virg. G. 3, 297<br /><b>2</b> manipule [trentième partie de la légion] : Cæs. G. 2, 25, 2 ; 6, 33 ; C. 2, 28 ; Ov. F. 3, 117 ; Gell. 16, 4, 6 &#124;&#124; [fig.] = compagnie, troupe : Ter. Eun. 776.|
|[fig.]=compagnie, troupe : Ter. Eun. 776.
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{{Georges
|georg=manipulus ([[bei]] Dichtern [[auch]] synkop. maniplus), ī, m. ([[manus]] u. *[[pleo]]), eine [[Handvoll]], I) eig.: A) [[ein]] [[Bund]] od. [[Bündel]], feni, Sen.: filicum manipli, Verg.: de his (herbis) manipulos fieri ac vehi ad villam, [[Varro]]: manipulos vincire, Colum. – B) manipuli = ἁλτηρες, die [[Hanteln]] od. Wuchtkolben unserer Turnplätze, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 5, 2, 38. Vgl. [[halteres]]. – II) übtr., eine [[Anzahl]] Fußsoldaten ([[bei]] den [[velites]], hastati u. [[principes]] 120, [[bei]] den [[triarii]] 60 [[Mann]]), [[Manipel]], [[Kompagnie]] (deren 3 eine [[Kohorte]] bildeten), so [[genannt]] [[nach]] dem [[Bündel]] [[Heu]], das zu [[Romulus]]' [[Zeit]] statt der [[Fahne]] vorgetragen wurde (s. Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 117 sq.), Caes. u.a.: [[von]] Reitern, Sil. u. Apul.: scherzh. übtr., [[von]] Dieben, m. furum, Ter. eun. 776. – / Plur. [[heterogen]] manipula, Spart. Hadr. 10, 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=manipulus manipuli N M :: maniple, company of soldiers, one third of a cohort; handful, bundle
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