adverb · masculine
manū mīlitārī
manū mīlitārī (not comparable)
Meaning
- Medieval LatinNew Latinnot comparableBy force of arms.
Nam sicut imperatoris optimi provisione cuncta manu militari loca adversus hostilem muniuntur adventum […]
For in this way, by the precaution of the greatest general, all places are secured by force of arms against enemy approach […]672 CE – 735 CE, Beda Presbyter, In Evangelium Lucae 1.2.5[…] animo fixum tenere, ut leges ecclesiasticas manu militari debellaret […]
[…] to hold firm his spirit that he should vanquish the laws of the Church by force of arms […]1081, Lambert of Hersfeld, Annales a. 1077
Origins
Literally, “with a soldierly hand” or “by military power”, see manus.