man

manna, ae, f., = manna, 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. ††

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.—

II.

Transf., food for the soul, divine support:

manna absconditum,

Vulg. Apoc. 2, 17.