Manus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *manus, from Proto-Indo-European *man-. Cognates include Old Norse mund ("hand"; > Icelandic mund), Old English mund ("hand, power, protection"; > English mound). More at mound.
Pronunciation 1
(Classical) (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.nus/, [ˈma.nʊs]
Noun
manus f (genitive manūs); 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
Fourth declension.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: man
- Aromanian: Template:L
- Asturian: Template:L
- Catalan: mà
- Dalmatian: mun
- Esperanto: mano
- French: main
- Friulian: man
- Galician: man
- Ido: manuo
- Interlingua: mano
- Istriot: man
- Istro-Romanian: măre
- Italian: mano
- Ladin: Template:L
- Megleno-Romanian: mǫnă
- Neapolitan: Template:L
- Occitan: man
- Portuguese: mão
- Romanian: mână
- Romansch: maun
- Sardinian: manu
- Sicilian: manu
- Spanish: mano
- Venetian: Template:L
- Walloon: Template:L
See also
Pronunciation 2
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