Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Mania
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
MA'NIA. A bug-bear; any great ugly person which nurses invent to frighten children. Festus, s. v. Arnob. 6. fin.