Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
manu militari. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
manu militari, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
manu militari in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
manu militari you have here. The definition of the word
manu militari will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
manu militari, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Latin manū mīlitārī.
Adverb
manu militari (not comparable)
- (law) With military aid.
References
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin manu militari.
Adverb
manu militari
- manu militari
Latin
Etymology
Literally, “with a soldierly hand” or “by military power”, see manus.
Adverb
manū mīlitārī (not comparable) (Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- By force of arms.
c. 672 CE – 735 CE,
Bede,
In Evangelium Lucae 1.2.5:
- 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
1081,
Lambert of Hersfeld,
Annales a. 1077:
- 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
1682, Caesarinus Fürstenerius [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz], De jure suprematus ac legationis principum Germaniae, front matter:Suprematum ergo illi tribuo qui non tantum domi subditos manu militari regit, sed et qui exercitum extra fines ducere, et armis, foederibus, legationibus, ac caeteris juris gentium functionibus aliquid momenti ad rerum Europae generalium summam conferre potest.- Thus I consider supremacy to pertain to him who not only rules over his domestic subjects by force of arms, but can lead an army beyond his borders, and can direct wars, pacts, embassies and the other offices of importance in the law of peoples at the summit of European affairs.
References
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175
Spanish
Adverb
manu militari
- manu militari
Further reading