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.