M / mănĭfestus
adjective #1147

mănĭfestus

old form (v. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 867), a, um. manus and fendo; cf.: defendo, offendo, i. e. that one hits by the hand; hence
palpable, clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest
palpable, clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest.
subjectclause, it is manifest that; obvious facts, palpable things in general
In gen. (class.): manifesta res est, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 8: Penates multo manifesti lumine, Verg. A. 3, 151: res ita notas, ita manifestas proferam, ut, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48: et apertae res, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95: manifestus ex opere labor, Quint. 10, 3, 8: phrenesis, Juv. 14, 136.—With inf.: manifestus nosci, Stat. Th. 10, 759.—Comp.: manifestior fraus, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123.—Sup.: manifestissimum exemplum, Plin. 37, 10, 60, 3 165.—In neutr. sing. with a subjectclause, it is manifest that: manifestum est, ab exordio matutino latitudines scandi, Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: mănĭfesta, orum, obvious facts, palpable things: vera ac manifesta canere, Juv. 2, 64.—
law t. t. in particular
In partic., law t. t.
exposed, brought to light, proved by direct evidence
Of offences, exposed, brought to light, proved by direct evidence: manifestum furtum est quod deprehenditur dum fit, Masur. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 11: atque deprehensum scelus, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 11: peccatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191; Gai. Inst. 3, 183 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 2.—
convicted of; caught; apprehended in, manifestly betraying poetic
Of offenders, convicted of a thing, caught or apprehended in, manifestly betraying any thing; constr. absol., with a gen. or inf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
nec magis manufestum ego hominem umquam ullum teneri vidi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2,… absol
Absol.: nec magis manufestum ego hominem umquam ullum teneri vidi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 29: ut eos (sc. conjuratos) quam maxume manifestos habeant, i. e. bring to light, expose, Sall. C. 41: nocentes, i. e. evidently guilty, Ov. Nux, 3.—
With gen.: mendacii, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 30: sceleris, Sall. J. 35: rerum… with genitive
With gen.: mendacii, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 30: sceleris, Sall. J. 35: rerum capitalium, id. C. 52, 36: ambitionis, Tac. A. 14, 29: offensionis, id. ib. 4, 53: doloris, Ov. F. 5, 313: vitae, giving manifest signs of life, Tac. A. 12, 51: magnae cogitationis, id. ib. 15, 54: novarum virium, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 8.—
palpably, clearly, openly, evidently, manifestly with infinitive
With inf.: dissentire manifestus, Tac. A. 2, 57.—Hence, adv., in two forms: mănĭfestō (class.) and mănĭ-festē (post-class.), palpably, clearly, openly, evidently, manifestly.—Form manifesto: teneor manifesto miser, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66: alter alterum manifesto prehendunt, id. Ps. 5, 1, 16; id. Most. 2, 2, 79: ut tota res a vobis manifesto deprehenderetur, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4: compertum atque deprehensum facinus, id. Clu. 14, 43: cum manifesto venenum deprehendisset, id. ib. 7, 20: apparet, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; 9, 45, 69, § 148. —Form manifeste, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 7, 5; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 60; Dig. 50, 16, 243: manifeste comperire, App. M. 6, p. 180, 5.— Comp.: manifestius ipsi apparere, Verg. A. 8, 16; Tac. H. 4, 23; 1, 88.—Sup.: ut omnibus manifestissime pateat, App. Mag. p. 316, 26; so Dig. 33, 2, 32, § 6; Cod. Just. 4, 18, 2, § 1.