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manifestus

Manifestus is a Latin adjective meaning "evident, obvious, conspicuous." In classical Latin, it is used to describe things that are clearly perceived or disclosed and agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number. The neuter singular form, manifestum, is common in predicative use, while feminine manifesta and plural forms exist as well.

Origin and derivatives: The word derives from the Latin root manifest-, associated with visibility and clarity.

Usage: In Latin texts, manifestus appears in legal, religious, and literary contexts to indicate that something

Modern relevance: Today manifestus is chiefly of interest to students of Latin grammar and historical linguistics.

It
is
the
ancestor
of
the
English
adjective
manifest,
which
retains
senses
of
observable
or
declared,
as
well
as
related
terms
in
other
European
languages.
The
related
noun
manifestatio,
from
the
same
root,
denotes
an
act
of
revealing,
a
display,
or
an
exhibition.
is
plainly
evident
or
disclosed.
As
with
other
adjectives
of
the
second
declension,
it
inflects
for
gender
and
number
to
agree
with
its
noun.
It
is
most
often
encountered
in
dictionaries
and
scholarly
works
discussing
word
origins.
The
English
cognate
manifest
appears
in
modern
usage
with
senses
of
evident,
as
well
as
a
more
technical
sense
in
certain
compounds,
while
manifestatio
continues
in
discussions
of
“manifestations”
of
phenomena.