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|lshtext=<b>Mānes</b>: ĭum (<br /><b>I</b> fem., Inscr. ap. Fea, Var. di Notiz. p. 174; Inscr. Grut. 786, 5), m. [[manus]], [[good]]; v. [[mane]], [[with]] or [[without]] di.<br /><b>I</b> The deified souls of the departed, the ghosts or shades of the [[dead]], the gods of the Lower World, [[infernal]] deities, manes (as [[benevolent]] spirits, opp. to larvae and lemures, [[malevolent]] spirits): deorum manium jura sancta sunto, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: Manibus divis [[mactatus]], Lucr. 6, 759: Manibu' divis Inferias mittunt, id. 3, 52; Cic. Pis. 7, 16: sacrae (res) sunt quae Dis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae, quae Diis manibus relictae sunt, Gai. Inst. 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., the departed [[spirit]], [[ghost]], [[shade]] of a [[person]]: nec patris Anchisae cinerem manesve revelli, Verg. A. 4, 427: conjugis, id. ib. 6, 119; 3, 303: manes Virginiae, Liv. 3, 58, 11; 21, 10, 3: camilli, Juv. 2, 154; Sen. Contr. 3, 16, 21: Galbae, Suet. Oth. 7. —In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: nomine Manem deum nuncupant, App. de Deo Socr. 15, p. 50, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The Lower World, [[infernal]] regions ([[poet]].): Manesque profundi, Verg. G. 1, 243: haec [[Manes]] veniet mihi [[fama]] sub imos, id. A. 4, 387: esse aliquos [[Manes]] et subterranea regna, Juv. 3, 149. And in apposition: fabulae [[Manes]], Hor. C. 1, 4, 16. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Punishments inflicted in the Lower World ([[poet]].): [[quisque]] suos patimur [[Manes]], Verg. A. 6, 743 ([[Manes]] id est supplicia, Serv.); so Stat. Th. 8, 84; Aus. Ephem. 57. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[corpse]] ([[post]]-Aug.): accipiet manes parvula [[testa]] meos, Prop. 2, 13, 32 (3, 5, 16); Liv. 31, 30: ea [[causa]] est, ut pleraeque alitum e manibus hominum oculos potissimum appetant, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; 16, 44, 85, § 234.
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