Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Mantica

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. 

MAN'TICA. A double wallet, employed as a knapsack for pedestrians (Apul. Met. p. 14.), or a saddle bag on horseback. (Hor. Sat. i. 6. 104.) It consisted of two bags joined together, and when carried by foot passengers, was slung over the shoulder so that one hung in front, the other behind the bearer (Phaedr. iv. 5. Catull. xxii. 21. Pers. iv. 23.); on horseback, it was placed behind the rider, and across the animal's loins. Hor. l. c.