mannus

†† mannus, i, m. [Celtic], a kind of small Gallic horse, a coach-horse, cob (used esp. for pleasure-drives): agens mannos, Lucr. 3, 1063: si per obliquum similis sagittae (serpens) Terruit mannos, Hor. C. 3, 27, 6; id. Ep. 1, 7, 77: rapientibus esseda mannis, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 49: detonsi, with shorn manes, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 15: obesi manni, Sen. Ep. 87, 9.

1. mannus, ī, m. (illyrisches Wort), eine Art kurz gebauter, kleiner gallischer Pferde, die wegen ihrer Schnelligkeit von den reichen Römern zu Spazierfahrten auf ihren Landgütern gebraucht wurden, etwa Pony, Lucr., Hor. u.a.: detonsi, mit verschnittenen Mähnen, Prop.: obesi, Sen.

mannus [CL] 1 small riding horse, pony; b (dist. from equus or other kind of horse); c (used for war or ceremonial). proprios invisere mannos, / pinguia gramineis carpunt ubi pascua glebis Wulf. Swith. I 495; quando recessurus fueris, sit ad hostia mannus D. Bec. 1465.  b ille continuo impositus ~is (nam nec ambulare nec equum per se ascendere pre castigationis dolore poterat) ad sancti Augustini monasterium deportatur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 21 p. 184; sternatur mihi ~us. ibo insidens equo W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 82; equus ille totus effectus est albus, et ~us optimus valde suaviter ambulans J. Furness Walth. 28; summariis igitur cum plenis clitellis auro et argento et diversis regalibus utensilibus, ~is insuper concupiscibilibus quamplurimis, cum aliquibus equis pretiosis dispositis M. Par. Maj. III 388; G. S. Alb. I 259 (v. averus); de equis: ‥ hic gradarius vel hic ~us, palefroi Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21rc; 1391 pro xij ~is novis ‥ emptis ‥ pro equis domini, x scot. et pro xxxv ~is ‥ emptis ‥ pur le store, xiiij scot. Ac. H. Derby 61; hic ~us, A. rownse ‥ a hakeney WW.  c non ego pompisonis adii pretiosa lupatis / moenia, nec gilvis falerato stromate mannis Frith. 1176; non faber incudem, / ‥ / aut mannum miles ‥ / odit Alex. Bath Mor. III 36 p. 150; assint etiam palefridi, ~i, gradarii, dextrarii usibus militum apti [gl.: runsins, destrers, runcin] Neckam Ut. 104; quadraginta ‥ militibus de novo vestitis robis consimilibus et ~is deliciosis M. Par. Maj. V 97; confidens mannis tauro nova bella parabit; ~us enim palafridus dicitur (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 169; s1420 ~i nobiles ‥ trappaturis induti (v. 2 currus 1b). 2 (infl. by ME man) horseman, one who cares for or rides horses. †manuus [l. mannus], A. an hakneyman WW.

1 mannus, (13) ī, m. , petit cheval, poney : Lucr. 3, 1063 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 6 ; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 49.

mannus , i. m.
小馬。

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mannus ī, m

• Celtic, a small Gallic horse, coach-horse, cob: (serpens) Terruit mannos, H.: Appiam (viam) mannis terit, H.

Mannus

A familiar Latin word for a horse, derived from the Keltic, and used like our “nag” or perhaps even more slangily like “plug.”