manus

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus (hand).

[edit] Noun

Singular
manus

Plural
manus

manus (plural manus)

  1. (obsolete) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  2. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, esp. that of a man over his wife.

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[edit] Etymology

From Romani manush, from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya), man).

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  • IPA: /ˈmɒnuʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nus

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manus (plural manusok)

  1. (colloquial) guy, older boy, male (ironically)

[edit] Latin

manus (a hand)

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From Proto-Indo-European *man-. Cognates include Old Norse mund (hand) and Icelandic mund.

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manus (genitive manūs); f, fourth declension

  1. hand
  2. (figuratively) bravery, valor
  3. (figuratively) violence, fighting
  4. handwriting
  5. a side, part, faction
  6. a stake (in dice)
  7. a thrust with a sword
  8. paw of an animal
  9. trunk of an elephant
  10. branch of a tree
  11. (military, nautical) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
  12. group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
  13. labor
  14. power, might
  15. (law) legal power of a man over his wife
  16. (law) an arrest
[edit] Inflection
Number Singular Plural
nominative manus manūs
genitive manūs manuum
dative manuī manibus
accusative manum manūs
ablative manū manibus
vocative manus manūs
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manūs

  1. genitive singular of manus
  2. nominative plural of manus
  3. accusative plural of manus
  4. vocative plural of manus

[edit] References

  • manus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

manus n.

Inflection for manus Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form manus manuset manus manusen
Possessive form manus manusets manus manusens
  1. short for manuskript (in the sense of screenplay)