manipulus (poet. manipl-) ī, m
manus+ PLE-,
a handful, bundle
: filicum manipli, V.: maniplos solvere,
bundles of hay
, Iu.—Of soldiers,
a company, maniple, one third of a cohort
(its standard originally bore a wisp of hay): manipulos circumiens,
S.: manipulos laxare, Cs.: continere ad signa manipulos, Cs.: Volscorum manipli,
forces
, V.: furum,
a band
, T.