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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