“hand” in Latin

manus (as general as the English word, both PROP. and IMPROP., as “hand” = might, handwriting, etc.). (A) PHRASES, with HAND, HANDS, in nominative or accusative without preposition. The right hand, (manus) dextra: the left hand, (manus) sinistra or laeva: the hollow of the hand, manus cava or concava (which anybody makes; e.g., a beggar; opposed to manus plana; Vid: Suet., Oct., 91): the flat hand, plana manus (which anybody makes); palma (from nature): to tie anybody’s hands, alicui manus constringere: hands and feet, to bind anybody hand and foot, quadrupedem aliquem constringere (Ter., Andr., 5, 2, 24): to use one’s hands and feet, in aliqua re uti pugnis et calcibus (Vid: Cic., Tusc., 5, 27, 77): to hold one’s hands before one’s eyes, manum ad oculos opponere: to kiss one’s hand to anybody, manum labris admovere; dextram ad osculum referre (as a mark of respect with the ancients): to lay one’s hand on one’s mouth, manum ad os apponere (Caelius, ap. Cic., Ep., 8, 1, 4, in whispering a secret to anybody): to shake hands with anybody, dextram jungere cum aliquo: to shake hands, dextram dextrae jungere; dextras jungere: to give or offer anybody one’s hand, alicui dextram porrigere (to shake hands with, as act of saluting or in promising anything; Vid: Cic., Deiot., 3, 8); manus alicui dare (to support him in walking); manu aliquem allevare (to lift him up); dextram alicui tendere (to assist; general term, for extending the hand to help anybody; also, figuratively = to offer a helping hand = one’s assistance; Vid: Cic., Phil., 10, 4, 9); juvare or adjuvare aliquem (figuratively, for the sake of supporting him); manus dare (as a mark of reconciliation): to give one’s hand upon anything, fidem de re dextra dare or dextram fidemque dare, with infinitive (as a mark of good faith, or the fulfilment of anything; a promise): to shake hands upon it (in bargaining, etc.), dextram dextrae jungentes fidem obstringere, ut, etc. (reciprocally of two persons): to hold or stretch out one’s hand to receive an alms, cavam manum asses porrigenti praebere: to lift up one’s hands (e.g., to heaven), manus tollere (as a mark of gratitude toward the gods, or astonishment); manus (supplices) ad caelum tendere (as supplicant; Vid: Herzog, Sall., Cat., 31, 3, where it is proved that the phrase was in common use): to stretch out one’s hands to anybody, tendere manus (supplices) ad aliquem, or alicui simply (as supplicant, vobis supplex tendit manus patria communis): to attempt to lay hands on anything, manus tendere ad aliquid, or porrigere in, or ad aliquid (e.g., in alienas possessiones, ad pecora); on another’s property, manus afferre or adhibere alienis bonis; manus porrigere in alienas possessiones (opposed to manus abstinere alieno, ab alieno abstinere cupiditatem aut manus). To guide anybody’s hand (in writing), scribentis manum manu superimposita regere (Quint., 1, 1, 27): to hold anybody’s hand (to prevent him from writing), scribenti manum injicere (Vid: Velleius, 2, 41, 1): to lay or place one’s hand before or on anything, manum apponere or apponere ad (e.g., apponere ad os; opposed to ad oculos): to lay hand to anything, manus admovere alicui rei (e.g., Suet., Vesp., 8, ruderibus purgandis primus manum admovit); aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid faciendum: to put the last or finishing hand to anything, extremam or summam manum imponere alicui rei or in aliqua re (Verg., Aen., 7, 573; Sen., Ep., 12, 4; Quint., 1, prooem., 4); manus extrema accedit operi (Cic.): to lay hands on anybody, alicui manus afferre, admovere, injicere; alicui vim afferre; alicui vim et manus injicere: to threaten to lay hands on anybody, manus alicui intentare or in aliquem: to lay violent hands on one’s self, manus sibi afferre [Vid: “to commit SUICIDE”]. To have one’s hands free in anything, liberius mihi est de aliqua re (caelius, ap. Cic., Fam., 8, 6, 1); mihi integrum est; to do this... or that, aut... aut (Cic., Att., 4, 2, 6): to leave one’s hands free, omnia sibi relinquere reliqua. The work requires many hands, opus manus multas poscit: works in which many hands are concerned, opera in quibus plurium conatus conspirat: the clenched hand [Vid: FIST]: to clap the hands, [Vid: To CLAP]: to lend a hand [Vid: To HELP]: from a sure hand (e.g., to have or know anything), certo or haud incerto auctore: to put one’s hand to a writing, nomen suum notare alicui rei (general term, to sign one’s name; e.g., epistolae, Flor., 2, 12, 10), or nomen subscribere, also subscribere only; nomen subnotare; chirographum exhibere (vid Gell., 14, 2): to have a hand in anything: interesse alicui rei (by personal presence); attingere aliquid (of a business): to have no hand in anything, alicujus rei expertem esse; partem alicujus rei non habere; non contulisse ad aliquid (not to have contributed to anything): hand to hand, cominus (e.g. pugnare): anybody is anybody’s right-hand man, aliquis alicujus est dextella (Cic., playfully): to try one’s hand at anything, tento or experior, quid possim: to get the upper hand, superiorem esse: to be hand and glove with anybody, familiaritate arta, maxima or intima cum aliquo conjunctum esse; in alicujus intimam amicitiam pervenisse; vivere cum aliquo; in familiaritate alicujus versari: a steady hand (of a surgeon), manus strenua, stabilis (Cels., not firma). Folded hands, digiti pectinatim inter se implexi. (B) PHRASES with HAND, HANDS, governed by a PREPOS. To escape from anybody’s hands, alicujus manus effugere (not to allow one’s self to be caught); elabi de or e alicujus manibus (to escape, after being caught): to lead anybody by the hand, aliquem manu tendens perduco aliquo (e.g., into the Senate, in senatum): to carry in one’s hand, manu gerere: to hold in one’s hand, (in) manu tenere: to have in one’s hands, in manibus habere (also figuratively; e.g., the victory, victoriam); in manibus gestare (PROP., to carry in one’s hand): to carry anybody in one’s hands, in manibus gestare aliquem (PROP.); aliquem habere in manibus (also figuratively, as Cic., ad Div., 1, 9, 10). To sit with one’s hands folded (Prov.), compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, multum differt in arcane positum sit argentum, an in tabulis debeatur (Cic.): to take anybody by the hand, prensare aliquem (as a suppliant). To eat out of anybody’s hand (of animals), e alicujus manu vesci: to let an animal eat out of one’s hand, de manu alicui praebere cibum et aquam: to put out of one’s hands, de manibus ponere or deponere: to fall, drop, or slip out of or from one’s hands, excidere e manibus; delabide manibus: ☞ elabi de or e manibus is incorrect in this sense. To let anything fall out of one’s hands, emittere e or de manibus, or manibus only; dimittere de or e manibus: not to let anything go out of one’s hands, aliquid non dimittere e manibus; from one hand to the other, de manu in manum; e manibus in manus; per manus (from hand to hand): to be at hand, sub manibus esse (to be near; of persons; Vid: Planc., Cic., Ep. 10, 23, 2); ad manum or prae manibus esse (of things; Gell., 19, 8, si Caesaris liber prae manibus est); ad manum or prae manu esse (to be in store; e.g., of money; Vid: Ruhnken, Ter., Ad., 5, 9, 23): to have at hand, ad manum habere (e.g., servum); prae manu habere (of things; e.g., of money; Ulp., Dig., 13, 7, 27): to be always in hand, multum in manibus esse (e.g., of a newspaper, book); by a third hand, per alium: to carry away in one’s hands, inter manus proferre (e.g., earth for a mound, aggerem): with something in one’s hand, aliquid manu gerens (i. e., carrying in one’s hand, e.g., a stick, baculum), or cum aliqua re only (with anything, i. e., provided or furnished with it, if it is obvious that anybody carries the thing he is said to have in his hand; e.g., to stand by with a stick in one’s hand, cum baculo astare: I saw a silver Cupid with a lamp in his hand, vidi argenteum Cupidinem cum lampade). Hand in hand, amplexi: to go hand in hand, amplexos ire (e.g., ad templa): the Graces hand in hand with the Nymphs, junctae Nymphis Gratiae (†): to conquer anybody sword in hand, aliquem manu superare (opposed to incendio conficere; Vid: Nep., Alcib., 10, 4): to take in one’s hand, in manum (manus) sumere: in manum capere [Vid: To TAKE, for SYN. of sumere and capere]: no one takes this book in his hand, hunc librum nemo in manus sumit: to see the victory already in anybody’s hands, jam in manibus videre victoriam: to see anything in anybody’s hands, aliquid in alicujus manu conspicere (e.g., librum in manu amici): lo get anything into one’s hand, aliquid in manum accipere (e.g., puerum): to get or fall into anybody’s hands, in alicujus manum venire, pervenire (PROP. and IMPROP.); in alicujus manus incidere (figuratively, if unexpectedly): to fall into the wrong hands, in alienum incidere (e.g., of a letter; Cic., Att., 2, 20, 5): to give anybody a trifle in hand (to go on with, or to defray his expenses), dare alicui aliquid paullum prae manu, unde utatur (Ter., Ad., 5, 9, 23): to seem to be in anybody’s hands (= power), in alicujus manibus esse videri: the state is in the hands of the great people or the aristocracy, respublica apud optimates est: anything is in my hands, or I have anything in my hands, aliquid in mea manu, or in mea potestate est, or positum est: the decision of the matter is entirely in your own hands, hujus rei potestas omnis in vobis posita est: to feed an animal with one’s own hand, aliquem cibare manu sua (Suet., Tib., 72): with hands and feet, manibus et calcibus (PROP.; e.g., aliquem conscindere): hold your fortune fast with both hands, fortunam tuam pressis manibus tene: with a liberal hand, plena manu (e.g., to distribute anything, projicere aliquid): to die in anybody’s hands, inter manus alicujus exspirare (general term); inter manus sublevantis exstingui (i. e., of one who is raising his head): in alicujus complexu emori (in anybody’s arms): on the right, left hand, ad dextram, ad sinistram: (at) right and left (hand), dextra laevaque: from hand to hand, per manus (e.g., tradere): the matter now in hand is, res, de qua agitur (i. e., anything is the principal point of any question; less commonly agitur aliquid): to die or fall by anybody’s hands, ab aliquo occisum esse, etc.: to receive anything at the hands of anybody, ab aliquo aliquid accipere, etc.: to live by one’s hands, operas (fabriles, etc.) praebendo vitam tenere; ☞ sometimes, also, with “manus:” the tradesmen (mechanics) and the peasantry live entirely by their hands, opificum agrestiumque res fidesque in manibus sitae sunt: I am living by my hands, opera mihi vita est (Terentianus, Phorm 2, 3, 16, which Bentley, without necessity, has changed into “in opere”): to live by the work of one’s hands, manuum mercede inopiam tolerare: underhand, [Vid: CLANDESTINELY]. Off-hand, subito: ex tempore (e.g., to speak; opposed to parate, cogitate dicere); inconsulte: inconsiderate or parum considerate (in an off-hand = inconsiderate, way): sine ulla dubitatione: sine dubitatione (without hesitation): extemplo: e vestigio (immediately, Vid :). On the other hand, rursus: rursum (αὖ, αὖθις; ☞ Klotz, and Cic., Tusc., 1, 17, 40, p. 50, sq: ☞ ex altera parte not good): contra (when what is stated is the opposite of a preceding statement; e.g., ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati, etc.). As on the one hand... so on the other, etc., ut... ita. On the one hand... on the other hand, et... et (as well... as): pars... alii (the one part or parts... the others): partim... partim (partly... partly, but only in case of a real division).

Hand of a watch, gnomon (γνώμων, of a dial): virgula horarum index (after Plin., 18, 37, 67).

Power, Vid: under HAND, above.

Manner of writing, manus (hand): littera, commonly plur., litterae (writing): a clear hand, literulae clarae et compositae (very clear, clarissimae et compositissimae): a neat hand, litterae lepidae: to write a good hand, bene scribere (general term); lepida manu litteras facere (after Plaut., Pseud., 1, 1, 28): to write a plain hand, litterate scribere: letters written with a trembling hand, vacillantes litterulae: to imitate anybody’s hand, alicujus chirographum imitari: to know anybody’s hand and seal, alicujus signum et manum cognoscere: the letter is in anybody’s hand, epistola est alicujus manu (e.g., librarii, Cic.): I was glad to see Alexidis’s hand, since it was so much like your own, Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae: a writing in one’s own hand, chirographum; litterae autographae (post-Augustan).

To give with the hand, in manus dare. - porrigere (to reach; Vid :, also, the SYN. in “To GIVE over, up”).

To lead by the hand, aliquem manu tenens perduco; or ducere only.

To hand round, circumferre (to carry round); distribuere (to give out); circummittere (to send round).

To hand over [Vid: To GIVE].

To hand down; e.g., a custom is handed down by anybody, tradita est consuetudo ab aliquo: to hand down to posterity, posteris tradere or prodere (general term); litteris custodire (if in writings).