(verb) : mănĕo, nsi, nsum (contr.
* Perf. mansti for mansisti, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8), 2, and a. [root man, to think; whence the notion of hesitating leads to that of waiting; cf. Gr. μένω, μένος, μιμνήσκω, μάντις; and Lat. memini, moneo, mens, etc.].
* Neutr., to stay, remain anywhere (class.).
* In gen.: ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 26: facilem esse rem, seu maneant, seu proficiscantur,Caes. B. G. 5, 30: domi,id. ib. 4, 1: in loco,id. B. C. 2, 41: in patria,Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99: si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset,Liv. 30, 27: ad exercitum,Caes. B. G. 5, 51: uno loco manens,Nep. Eum. 5, 4: unum manere diem,Prop. 2, 9, 20: decem dies,Vulg. Gen. 24, 55: diebus quindecim,id. Gal. 1, 18.—Impers. pass.: omnia excogitantur, quare nec sine periculo maneatur,Caes. B. G. 5, 31: in Italia fortasse manebitur,Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Vell. 2, 16, 4: manendum eo loco,Caes. B. C. 3, 74: hic maneri diutius non potest,Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3.
* Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing (not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: opperior, praestolor, expecto).
* To stay, tarry, stop, continue, abide, pass the night ( = pernoctare): apud aliquem,Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3: eo die mansit Venafri,id. ib. 7, 13, 7: in tabernaculo,id. ib. 5, 16, 3: sub Jove frigido,Hor. C. 1, 1, 25: extra domum patris,Liv. 3, 45, 7: ad decimum lapidem,id. 3, 69, 8: cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset = Casilini,id. 22, 13, 8; cf.: triduom hoc,Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 4: apud alium mansit,Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 3: mane apud me,Vulg. Gen. 29, 19: manebis clam,id. 1 Reg. 19, 2. —In mal. part.: cum masculo mansione muliebri, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 1, 1.
* Pregn., to remain, last, endure, continue in any place or manner: si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,would adhere to, abide by that,Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 5: in vita,to remain alive,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2: in veritate,to adhere to the truth,id. Clu. 63, 176: in condicione,to fulfil a condition,id. Att. 7, 15, 3: in sententia,to adhere to,id. ib. 9, 2, 1: in voluntate,id. Fam. 5, 2, 10: in pristina mente,id. Sest. 27, 58: in officio,Hirt. B. G. 8, 47: tu modo promissis maneas,abide by, keep,Verg. A. 2, 160: in pactione,to abide by,Nep. Ages. 2, 4: an credi posse ullum populum in ea condicione mansurum?Liv. 8, 21, 6: mansit in condicione atque pacto,Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16: plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum,id. Att. 7, 15, 3.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects: nihil semper suo statu manet,Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29: munitiones,Caes. B. G. 6, 31: monumenta,Nep. Them. 10: regna,Verg. A. 2, 22: adfinitas. Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 101: memoria,Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43: rerum omnium mutabilium immutabiles manent origines,Aug. Conf. 1, 2.—With dat.: manent ingenia senibus,Cic. Sen. 7, 22: his bellum,to continue, not be at an end,Liv. 1, 53: cujus quidem tibi fatum manet,awaits,Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11.—Absol.: maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile,be it regarded as a settled principle,Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49; id. Mil. 4, 11: quamobrem illud maneat, et fixum sit, quod neque moveri, etc.,id. Rab. Post. 9, 25.— Part. act. fut.: mansurus, that which will abide or endure; lasting, permanent: urbs,Verg. A. 3, 86.—So part. pres. manens: civitas,Vulg. Heb. 13, 14.
* In gen.: nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto ut concedas die,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48: sese,id. Aul. 4, 6, 14: non manebat aetas virginis meam neclegentiam,Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 16: hostium adventum mansit,Liv. 42, 66; Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 4.
* In partic., to await one (as his fate, portion, etc.), to be about to befall one: mors sua quemque manet,Prop. 2, 21, 58 (3, 26, 12): quis me manet exitus?Ov. M. 9, 725: qui si manet exitus urbem,id. ib. 8, 60: funera quos maneant,id. ib. 11, 540: quae (acerba) manent victos,Liv. 26, 13 fin.; Suet. Caes. 14; id. Dom. 18: maneat nostros ea cura nepotes,Verg. A. 3, 505: vincula et tribulationes me manent,Vulg. Act. 20, 23.

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