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manus

Pronunciation: [ˈma.nʊs]

“manus” is a Latin word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hand
  2. bravery, valor
  3. 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. grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
  12. company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
  13. a group, band, or body of people
  14. labor
  15. power, might
  16. legal power of a man over his wife
  17. an arrest

adjective

  1. good

In Latin

  1. Pars corporis quae componitur digitis et quae comprehendit res.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *manus, further etymology is disputed. Possible cognates include Proto-Germanic *mundō (> Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector”), whence modern English mound), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”) (a hapax legomenon of dubious authenticity) and Hittite [script needed] (manii̯aḫḫ-ⁱ, “to distribute, entrust”). Proposals for further etymology include: * a…

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