manon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mānon, i, n., = μανόν,

a kind of soft sponge , Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; called also, mānos , i, f.: (spongearum genus) spissum et mollius manos, id. 9, 45, 69, § 149 Jan. (al. mana).— Plur. manoi, f.: maximae fiunt manoi, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 149.