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The Latin word for hand is
manus





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Translations for hand and their definitions

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     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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