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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