Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The distal part of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the wrist and hand or the carpus and forefoot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hand.
- noun In Roman law: Same as
dominium , but more commonly used of power over persons. - noun More specifically, the power of a Roman husband over his wife: as, in manu (of a woman), under the marital authority.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
hand , as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. - noun obsolete, Roman law The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
Etymologies
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Examples
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[485] _In manus venire_, 'to come within reach,' 'engage in close combat;' for _manus conserere_, which is much more frequent.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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The term manus mortua is not applied to the sovereign, yet land so taken "in manum nostram" is not to be retained.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The word “manage” is interesting, it comes from the Latin word manus for hand.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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The word “manage” is interesting, it comes from the Latin word manus for hand.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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Tu fero iuueni in manus floridam ipse puellulam dedis a gremio suae
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The manus is shorter than the pes and has more delicate terminal phalanges.
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This image, known as the manus Dei or dextera Dei, “the hand of God,” denoted divine approval and was already a common sight on the coinage of Arcadius.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Sicut enim alias manus Templum cxpcOiat, quibus abfbluatur: fic, vt digno defcribarur characlere, longe aliud expofcit ingenium.
Theatrum temporaneum aeternitati Caesaris Montii S.R.E. cardinalis et archiep. Mediolanen. sacrum Taurino, Riccardo 1636
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Manumission is the giving of freedom; for while a man is in slavery he is subject to the power once known as 'manus'; and from that power he is set free by manumission.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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Wordorigins. org says that "manus" is a false etymology and cites the
Wired Campus 2010
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