dē māne

Meaning

1. Late Latinnot comparableproscribedearly in the morning
   ego autem locutus sum ad vos, de mane consurgens et loquens, et non oboedistis mihinotwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto mec. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Jeremiah.35.14
   si est adverbium, multo minus iungis praepositionem. nam legimus praepositionem adverbio non iungi. numquid possum dicere ‘de mane’ et similia?If it is an adverb, much less do you join a preposition [to it], for we read that a preposition is not joined to an adverb. Surely I cannot say de mane and suchlike?Adams, J. N. (2013), Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 596

Origins

From dē + māne.