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|lshtext=<b>mănĭfestus</b>: old form mănŭfestus (v. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 867), a, um. adj. [[manus]] and [[fendo]]; cf.: [[defendo]], [[offendo]], i. e. [[that]] one hits by the [[hand]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> [[palpable]], [[clear]], [[plain]], [[apparent]], [[evident]], [[manifest]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[class]].): manifesta res est, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 8: [[Penates]] [[multo]] manifesti lumine, Verg. A. 3, 151: res ita notas, ita manifestas proferam, ut, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48: et apertae res, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95: [[manifestus]] ex opere [[labor]], Quint. 10, 3, 8: [[phrenesis]], Juv. 14, 136.—With inf.: [[manifestus]] nosci, Stat. Th. 10, 759.—Comp.: manifestior [[fraus]], Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123.—Sup.: manifestissimum [[exemplum]], Plin. 37, 10, 60, 3 165.—In neutr. [[sing]]. [[with]] a subjectclause, it is [[manifest]] [[that]]: manifestum est, ab exordio matutino latitudines scandi, Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: mănĭfesta, [[orum]], [[obvious]] facts, [[palpable]] things: vera ac manifesta canere, Juv. 2, 64.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[law]] t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of offences, [[exposed]], brought to [[light]], proved by [[direct]] [[evidence]]: manifestum [[furtum]] est [[quod]] deprehenditur dum [[fit]], Masur. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 11: [[atque]] deprehensum [[scelus]], Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 11: [[peccatum]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191; Gai. Inst. 3, 183 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of offenders, convicted of a [[thing]], caught or apprehended in, [[manifestly]] betraying [[any]] [[thing]]; constr. absol., [[with]] a gen. or inf. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: nec [[magis]] manufestum ego hominem [[umquam]] ullum teneri vidi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 29: ut eos (sc. conjuratos) [[quam]] maxume manifestos habeant, i. e. [[bring]] to [[light]], [[expose]], Sall. C. 41: nocentes, i. e. [[evidently]] [[guilty]], Ov. Nux, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: mendacii, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 30: sceleris, Sall. J. 35: rerum capitalium, id. C. 52, 36: ambitionis, Tac. A. 14, 29: offensionis, id. ib. 4, 53: doloris, Ov. F. 5, 313: vitae, giving [[manifest]] signs of [[life]], Tac. A. 12, 51: magnae cogitationis, id. ib. 15, 54: novarum virium, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: dissentire [[manifestus]], Tac. A. 2, 57.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms: mănĭfestō ([[class]].) and mănĭ-festē ([[post]]-[[class]].), [[palpably]], [[clearly]], [[openly]], [[evidently]], [[manifestly]].—Form [[manifesto]]: teneor [[manifesto]] [[miser]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66: [[alter]] alterum [[manifesto]] prehendunt, id. Ps. 5, 1, 16; id. Most. 2, 2, 79: ut tota res a [[vobis]] [[manifesto]] deprehenderetur, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4: compertum [[atque]] deprehensum [[facinus]], id. Clu. 14, 43: cum [[manifesto]] [[venenum]] deprehendisset, id. ib. 7, 20: apparet, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; 9, 45, 69, § 148. —Form [[manifeste]], Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 7, 5; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 60; Dig. 50, 16, 243: [[manifeste]] comperire, App. M. 6, p. 180, 5.— Comp.: manifestius ipsi apparere, Verg. A. 8, 16; Tac. H. 4, 23; 1, 88.—Sup.: ut omnibus manifestissime pateat, App. Mag. p. 316, 26; so Dig. 33, 2, 32, § 6; Cod. Just. 4, 18, 2, § 1.