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mancus , a, um, adj. Sanscr. man-āk, little; cf. Germ. mangeln,
I.maimed, infirm (class.).
II. Trop., infirm, defective, imperfect (rare but class.): “virtus,Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30: “ac debilis praetura,id. Mil. 9, 25: “contemplatio naturae,id. Off. 1, 43, 153: “fortuna,Hor. S. 2, 7, 88.—With abl.: “talibus officiis prope mancus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 21.—In neutr adverb.: error mancum claudicat, Prud. στεφ. 2, 23.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 7.21
    • Cicero, For Milo, 9.25
    • Horace, Satires, 2.7.88
    • Plautus, Mercator, 3.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 13
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.9
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.43
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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