I.a. [prob. for mad-no; Sanscr. madas, drunkenness; Gr. μαδαρός, flowing; cf.: madeo, madidus; also Gr. μᾶνός], to flow, run, trickle, drop, distil, etc.
I. Lit.
(α).
Neutr.: manat omni corpore sudor, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 399); cf.: “manat item nobis e toto corpore sudor,” Lucr. 6, 944: “gelidus toto manabat corpore sudor,” Verg. A. 3, 175: “tepidae manant ex arbore guttae,” Ov. M. 10, 500: “fons manat,” id. ib. 9, 664: “cruor,” id. ib. 13, 887: “lacrima,” Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59: “sanies,” id. C. 3, 11, 19: “Herculis simulacrum multo sudore manavit,” dripped with much sweat, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: “signa Lanuvii cruore manavere,” dripped with gore, Liv. 23, 31, 15: “cultrum ex volnere extractum manante cruore prae se tenens,” Liv. 1, 59, 1: “alvei manantes per latera et fluctu superurgente,” leaking through the joints of the side, Tac. A. 2, 23: “longā manantia labra salivā,” Juv. 6, 623.—
(β).
Act., to give out, shed, pour forth: “Indica gemma in attritu sudorem purpureum manat,” gives out, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170: “lacrimas marmora manant,” Ov. M. 6, 312.—Poet.: fidis enim manare poëtica mella Te solum, to distil poetic honey, i. e. to be a poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44.—
B. Transf., of things not fluid, to flow, diffuse or extend itself, to spread: “aër, qui per maria manat,” Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 40: “sonitus per aures,” Lucr. 6, 927: “multa a luna manant, et fluunt,” Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: “manat dies ab oriente,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll.: manare solem antiqui dicebant, cum solis orientis radii splendorem jacere coepissent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.—
II. Trop., to diffuse or extend itself, to spread, get abroad: “cum malum manaret in dies latius,” daily spreads farther, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; cf.: “malum manavit per Italiam,” id. Cat. 4, 3, 6: “manat tota urbe rumor,” Liv. 2, 49: “manat et funditur disserendi ratio per omnes partis sapientiae,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 72: “cum tristis a Mutina fama manaret,” id. Phil. 4, 6, 15: “nomen usque ad Pythagorae manavit aetatem,” id. ib. 5, 3, 8: “fidei bonae nomen manat latissime,” id. Off. 3, 17, 70: “manavit ea benignitas ex urbe etiam in castra,” Liv. 24, 18.—
B. Esp., to flow, spring, arise, proceed, emanate, have its origin, originate from any thing: “peccata ex vitiis manant,” Cic. Par. 3, 1, 22: “omnis honestas manat a partibus quattuor,” id. Off. 1, 43, 152: “ab Aristippo Cyrenaica philosophia manavit,” id. de Or. 3, 17, 62: “unde omnia manant, videre,” id. ib. 3, 2, 27.—
C. To escape, be forgotten: “omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat,” Hor. A. P. 337.
