manipulus

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.