The Latin word for hand is
manus

Translations for hand and their definitions

manus
1. n. hand
2. n. (figuratively) bravery, valor
3. n. (figuratively) violence, fighting
4. n. (metonymically) handwriting
5. n. a side, part, faction
6. n. a stake (in dice)
7. n. a thrust with a sword
8. n. paw of an animal
9. n. trunk of an elephant
10. n. branch of a tree
11. n. (military, nautical) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
12. n. group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
Manus gladiatorum oppido eruperat. - The company of gladiators had made a sally from the town.
13. n. labor
14. n. power, might
15. n. (legal) legal power of a man over his wife
16. n. (legal) an arrest
17. n. group of people
18. n. band
19. adj. (Old Latin) good
(Q, la, Isidorus Hispalensis, Origines, 5, 30, 14, quote=Mane lux matura et plena, nec iam crepusculum. Et dictum mane a mano; manum enim antiqui bonum dicebant. Quid enim melius luce?, trans=B
20. n. genitive singular of manus
21. n. plural of manus

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