manufestus

mănĭfestus, 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], palpable, clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest.

I.

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.—

II.

In partic., law t. t.

A.

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.—

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.).

(α).

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.—

(β).

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.—

(γ).

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.