manus
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin manus (“hand”).
Noun [edit]
manus (plural manus)
- (obsolete) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
- (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from manus
Translations [edit]
hand — see hand
Hungarian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Romani manush, from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, “man”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈmɒnuʃ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧nus
Noun [edit]
manus (plural manusok)
- (colloquial) guy, older boy, male (ironically)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *man-. Cognates include Old Norse mund (“hand”) and Icelandic mund.
Pronunciation 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
manus (genitive manūs); f, fourth declension
- hand
- (figuratively) bravery, valor
- (figuratively) violence, fighting
- handwriting
- a side, part, faction
- a stake (in dice)
- a thrust with a sword
- paw of an animal
- trunk of an elephant
- branch of a tree
- (military, nautical) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
- group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
- labor
- power, might
- (law) legal power of a man over his wife
- (law) an arrest
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | manus | manūs |
| genitive | manūs | manuum |
| dative | manuī | manibus |
| accusative | manum | manūs |
| ablative | manū | manibus |
| vocative | manus | manūs |
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
See also [edit]
Pronunciation 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
manūs
- genitive singular of manus
- nominative plural of manus
- accusative plural of manus
- vocative plural of manus
References [edit]
- manus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
Latvian [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
manus
- accusative plural masculine form of mans
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
manus n
- short for manuskript (in the sense of screenplay)
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Hungarian terms derived from Romani
- Hungarian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian colloquialisms
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin nouns
- la:Military
- la:Nautical
- la:Law
- Latin noun forms
- Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension
- la:Anatomy
- Latvian pronoun forms
- Latvian pronoun forms (accusative plural)
- Swedish nouns
