mantĭca
mantĭca, ae, f. manus, a bag for the hand, wallet, cloak-bag, portmanteau: mantica cui (mulo) lumbos onere ulceret, Hor. S. 1, 6, 104: umero exuere, to take off from the shoulder, App. M. 1, p. 110, 27.—Prov.: non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est, i. e. do not learn to know ourselves, Cat. 22, 21 (acc. to the fable, Phaedr. 4, 10, 1); cf.: ut nemo in sese temptat descendere, nemo, sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo, Pers. 4, 24 Gildersleeve ad loc.
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Headword (normalized):
mantĭca
Headword (normalized/stripped):
mantica
Intro Text:
mantĭca, ae, f. manus, a bag for the hand, wallet, cloak-bag, portmanteau: mantica cui (mulo) lumbos onere ulceret, Hor. S. 1, 6, 104: umero exuere, to take off from the shoulder, App. M. 1, p. 110, 27.—Prov.: non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est, i. e. do not learn to know ourselves, Cat. 22, 21 (acc. to the fable, Phaedr. 4, 10, 1); cf.: ut nemo in sese temptat descendere, nemo, sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo, Pers. 4, 24 Gildersleeve ad loc.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n27925
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