Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1075.manus on page 1075
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manus hand
manus is a Latin Noun that primarily means hand.
Definitions for manus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
hand, handwriting, band
English derivatives:
manual manufacture manumit manuscript emancipate manacle manage manicle maneuver
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The hand (of the human body). (b) the forepaw (of such animals as use the paws in the manner of hands).
- 2
(applied to things resembling hands in use or appearance): (a) (to the trunk of an elephant). (b) (to the twigs of a tree). (c) (to a scalptorium. (d) ~us ferrea, a grappling-iron; also ~us alone.
- 3
(indicating one or other side of the body).
Sentences with manus
Latin to English
Suā manū id scrīpsit.Compare He wrote it with his own hand.
Illae manūs ācrēs quās tyrannus contrā nōs illā ex terrā mīsit ā nōbīs victae sunt.Compare Those fierce bands which the tyrant sent against us from that land were conquered by us.
Cuius manū illae litterae scrīptae sunt (scrībentur)?Compare By whose hand was that letter written (will be written)?
Manus adulēscentium quam fidēlissimōrum senātuī quaerenda est.Compare A band of the most faithful young men possible ought to be sought by the senate.
Unus aut summus alter proelium arx et caput Italia in manus habeo.Compare By one or at most by a second battle we shall have the citadel and capital of Italy in our hands.
Cōpiae nostrae bellum longum contrā ācrēs manūs tyrannī gessērunt.Compare Our forces waged a long war against the tyrant's fierce bands.
Infelix est Mucius, quod dextra ignes hostium premit et ipse a se exigit errores sui poenas? Quod regem, quem armata manu non potuit, exusta fugat? Quid ergo? Felicior esset, si in sinu amicae foveret manum?Compare Is Mucius unfortunate because he grasps the flames of the enemy with his right hand and forces himself to pay the penalty of his mistake? Because with his charred hand he routs the king whom his armed hand he could not rout? Tell me, then, would he be happier if he were warming his hand in his mistress's bosom?
Declension table for manus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | manus | manūs |
| Gen. | manūs | manuum |
| Dat. | manuī | manibus |
| Acc. | manum | manūs |
| Abl. | manū | manibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1075.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "manus, manūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/manus-manus.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.manus, manūs on page 131
