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Manto , ūs, f., = Μαντώ.
I. The daughter of Tiresias, a prophetess, and mother of the seer Mopsus, Ov. M. 6, 157; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Hyg. Fab. 128; Stat. Th. 7, 758; 10, 679.—
II. An Italian nymph who had the gift of prophecy, the mother of Ocnus, who founded the city of Mantua: “(Ocnus) Fatidicae Mantūs et Tusci filius amnis,Verg. A. 10, 198.
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