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|lshtext=<b>mănŭbĭae</b>: ārum (in sing.,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]], II.), f. 1. [[manus]].<br /><b>I</b> In milit. and [[legal]] lang.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[money]] obtained from the [[sale]] of [[booty]] (opp. [[praeda]], the [[booty]] itself). Of this [[money]], one [[part]] [[was]] [[put]] [[into]] the ærarium, one [[was]] given to the soldiers, and the [[remainder]] to the [[general]]; this [[last]] [[part]] [[was]] [[usually]] expended by the [[general]] on [[public]] buildings: aliud [[omnino]] [[praeda]] est, ut in libris rerum verborumque veterum [[scriptum]] est, aliud [[manubiae]]. Nam [[praeda]] dicitur corpora ipsa rerum, quae [[capta]] sunt: [[manubiae]] [[vero]] appellatae sunt [[pecunia]] a quaestore ex venditione praedae redacta, etc. ... Est [[tamen]] [[nonnusquam]] invenire, ita scripsisse quosdam non ignobiles scriptores, ut aut [[temere]] aut [[incuriose]] praedam pro manubiis et manubias pro [[praeda]] posuerint, etc. ... Sed [[enim]], qui [[proprie]] [[atque]] [[signate]] locuti sunt, manubias pecuni am dixerunt, Favorin. ap. Gell. 13, 24, 25 sq.; [[Cato]] ap. Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2 Mai.: [[qua]] ex [[praeda]] aut manubiis haec abs te [[donatio]] constituta est? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 186; so [[with]] [[praeda]], id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; 2, 22, 59; id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 13, 24, 6: qui manubias sibi tantas ex L. Metelli manubiis fecerit, id. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154: manubias alicui concedere, id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108: quae ([[rostra]]) [[censor]] imperatoriis manubiis ornarat, id. de Or. 3, 3, 10: ([[Tullus]] [[Hostilius]]) sepsit de manubiis [[comitium]] et curiam, id. Rep. 2, 17, 31: aedem Fortis Fortunae de manubiis faciendam locavit, Liv. 10, 46: de manubiis captarum urbium [[templum]] erexit, Flor. 1, 7, 8: [[delubrum]] Minervae ex manubiis dicavit, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97: sacratas ab Augusto manubias, i. e. the [[temple]] of [[Apollo]], [[near]] [[Actium]], Tac. A. 2, 53; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Booty, spoils taken from the [[enemy]] ([[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[post]]-Aug.; cf. [[above]] the [[passage]] from Gell. 13, 24, 25), Naev. ap. Non. 138, 17: partiri manubias, Petr. 79 fin.: contenti armorum manubiis, Flor. 2, 18, 6. —(The [[reading]] manubia [[machaera]], Plaut. Truc. 5, 35, is [[doubtless]] [[corrupt]].)—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unlawful [[gain]], [[plunder]]: ad manubias et rapinas [[compulsus]], Suet. Vesp. 16; id. Calig. 41.—<br /><b>II</b> In the lang. of augurs, kinds of flashes or strokes of [[lightning]], thunderbolts: [[tres]] manubias ... prima ... secunda .. tertiam manubiam, etc., Sen. Q. N. 2, 41, 1: fatales, Amm. 17, 7, 3: Minervales, Serv. Verg. A. 11, 259: fulminis, id. ib. 8, 429; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 129, 16; p. 214, 25 Müll.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 896.