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1. mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui: alternae manu, Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.

  1. I. Lit.: quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit! Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: vas in manus sumere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri, id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8: pyxidem in manu tenere, id. Cael. 26, 63: manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid, id. ib.: de manibus deponere, to lay out of one’s hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8: extorquere, to wrest from one’s hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13: e manibus dimittere, to let go out of one’s hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear: neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret, Sall. J. 14, 4: (feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum, subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.: minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt, id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody’s hands, to be well known: est in manibus oratio, Cic. Lael. 25, 96: est in manibus laudatio, id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.
    Also, to be near: hostes sunt in manibus, near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing: omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci, Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1: habeo opus magnum in manibus, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2: philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65: milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse, id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.: dum occasio in manibus esset, Liv. 7, 36, 10: inimicorum in manibus mortuus est, among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108: manu tenere, to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.
    Pass.: manibus teneri, to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of: sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc., id. Fam. 1, 9, 10: in manus venire, to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1: proelium in manibus facere, to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4: ad manum habere, to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1: ad manum esse, at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters: nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30: ut venere in manus, Tac. A. 2, 80: ut ventum in manus, id. H. 4, 71: adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid, at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97: prae manu or manibus, at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8: quem servum ille habuit ad manum, Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225: servus a manu, i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74: de manu dare, to give with one’s own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally: plenā manu dare, abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7; so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit, Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so, plenis manibus pecuniam largiri, Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.: quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati, Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek πὺξ καὶ λάξ), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one’s power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134: per manus, with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37: per manus servulae, by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son: traditae per manus religiones, Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly: per manus libertatem retinere, Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one’s hands, under one’s hands: agger inter manus proferebatur, Caes. B. C. 2, 2: villa crescit inter manus, Sen. Ep. 12, 1: nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2: scripta quae inter manus habes, are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.
    Trop., palpable, evident: ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras, Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.: manus inter parentum, id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one’s hands, in one’s arms: abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38: e convivio auferri, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2: quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc., Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one’s wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one’s hand: epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44: urbs manu munitissima, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4: quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt, Sen. Ep. 52, 1: quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant, id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage: manibus aequis abscessum est, Tac. A. 1, 63: aequā manu discedere, to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken: qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3: manum inicere alicui, to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender: perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra, Lucr. 2, 1043: fateor, manus vobis do, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72: donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent, Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3: brevi manu, immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1: longā manu, slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38: quae Romanis manus tendebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 48: dextram Italiae, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9: manu sternere aliquem, with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9: manus manum lavat, one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort: qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery: ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent, Caes. B. C. 3, 86: manu fortissimus, Liv. 39, 40: manu fortis, Nep. Dat. 1, 3: manu vincere, Ov. M. 1, 448: manu capere urbes, by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5: manum committere Teucris, to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so, conserere manum, Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33: conferre manum, Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345: in proelia Ferre manum, id. ib. 5, 403; cf.: et vice teli saevit nuda manus, Juv. 15, 54.
      1. 2. Force, violence, fighting, close combat: res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: venire ad manum, Liv. 2, 30: accedere ad manum, Nep. Eum. 5: in manus venire, to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2: pugna jam ad manus venerat, Liv. 2, 46: non manu, neque vi, force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.
    2. B. Of the hand of an artist: manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus, the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225: carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum, has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.
      Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.
      Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.
    3. C. A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship: librarii manus, Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3: manum suam cognovit, id. Cat. 3, 5, 12: propter emissam ab eis manum, Dig. 22, 3, 15: Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque, Mart. 4, 39, 3: artificum, Verg. A. 1, 455.
    4. D. For pars, a side: est ad hanc manum sacellum, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37: a laeva conspicienda manu, Ov. A. A. 3, 307.
    5. E. In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.
  3. F. In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow: rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus, Quint. 9, 1, 20: prima, secunda, tertia, quarta, the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.
  4. G. The trunk of an elephant: manus etiam data elephantis, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.
  5. H. The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.
  6. K. The branches on a tree: (platanus) cui lnnumerae manus, Stat. S. 2, 3, 39: fraxineae, Pall. Insit. 60.
  7. L. In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy’s ship was grappled, grappling-irons: manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere, Liv. 36, 44 fin.: manus ferreas excogitare, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.
  8. M. Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers: si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 37: magnam manum conducere, id. ib. 5, 27: Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda, Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.
      1. 2. Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude: Romam veniet cum magna manu, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6: evocatorum, id. Fam. 15, 4, 3: manus ad Quirinalia paratur, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.: manum facere, copias parare, id. Caecin. 12, 33: manus bonorum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16: Judaeorum, id. Fl. 28, 66: conjuratorum, id. Cat. 1, 5, 12: bicorpor, i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: purpuratorum et satellitum, Liv. 42, 51: magna clientium, Suet. Tib. 1: comitum, Stat. S. 5, 3, 262: juvenum, Verg. A. 6, 5.
  9. N. Labor, hands, i. e. workmen: nos aera, manus, navalia demus, Verg. A. 11, 329: quale manus addunt ebori decus, id. ib. 1, 592.
  10. O. Power: haec non sunt in nostra manu, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1: juxta deos in tua manu positum est, Tac. H. 2, 76: victoria in manu nobis est, depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10: in vostra manu situm, id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43: in manu esse mihi, id. Trin. 1, 2, 67.
      1. 2. In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus: in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc., Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.
  11. P. Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.

‡ 2. mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.