manus

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin manus (“hand”).

[edit] Noun

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, especially that of a man over his wife.

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from manus

[edit] Translations

hand — see hand
Roman law: power over other people

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

manus (plural manusok)

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

[edit] Latin

manus (a hand)

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation 1

[edit] Noun

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
    • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2
      et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Ioachim regem Iudae
      "And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand."
  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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[edit] Pronunciation 2

[edit] Noun

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, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

manus n.

  1. short for manuskript (in the sense of screenplay)

[edit] Declension

Declension of manus
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative manus manuset manus manusen
genitive manus manusets manus manusens
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