hand (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mănus, ūs, f.2. dextĕra or dextra (sc. manus3. palma (the palm of the h.II. HandwritingIII. The index of a time-piece • hand (subs.): 1. mănus, ūs, f.: the right, left h., m. dextera or dextra, sinistra or laeva (v. right, left): the flat or the hollow of the h., m. plana, concava, Sen. Ep. 56, init.: to pass a thing from h. to h., aliquid de manu in m. tradere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5., fin.: to raise the h.s (in astonishment), manus tollere, Cic. l. c. med.: to lay the h. on the mouth (in token of silence), m. ad os imponere, Coel. in Cic. 8, 1, 4: the shrine is on this h., est ad hanc m. sacellum, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37. Often used meton.: (i.) = power: these things are not in our h.s, haec non sunt in nostra m., Cic. Fam. 14, 2, med.: to allow an enemy to escape out of your h.s, hostem manibus emittere, Liv. 44, 36, med.; or with de, e (v. go, to let): to lay one's h. on any one (cause him to stop), manum alicui injicere, Cic. R. Com. 16., 48. (ii.) violence: to lay violent h.s upon oneself, sibi manus afferre, Planc. in Cic. (v. suicide): in this sense often with vis: to lay violent h.s upon any one, inferre vim et manus alicui, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: v. violence. (iii.) meton. for work: to put a h. to anything, alicui operi faciendo manus admovere, Suet. Vesp. 8 (but manus admovere may also express violence: cf. Liv. 5, 11, extr.): I have the seventh book of my Origins in h., septimus mihi Originum in manibus est, Cic. Sen. 11, 38: prompt of h., manu promptus, Sall. Jug. 7. (iv.) with ref. to the reception of gifts: to have clean h.s, manus pecuniae abstinentes habere, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144, and Hor. Od. 4, 9, 37. See also foll. artt. 2. dextĕra or dextra (sc. manus: strictly the right h.: preferred to manus whenever the right hand would naturally be used): to give one's h. (in token of amity), d. dare, Liv. 1, 7: give me your h., cedo d., Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 84: simly., dextram dextrae jungere (when mutuality is intended), Virg.; dextras copulari, Pl.: ye carry liberty and country in your (right) h.s [the sword hand], vos libertatem atque patrium in d. vestris portatis, Sall. Cat. 58: the pious h. will do no guilt, nil faciet sceleris pia d., Hor. S. 2, 1, 54. 3. palma (the palm of the h.: also poet. the entire h., esp. as outstretched in supplication): chains confined her tender h.s, teneras arcebant vincula p., Virg. Aen. 2, 406: with outstretched h.s, passis p., Cic. B. C. 3, 98: to take up water with the hollow of the h., cava p. undam tollere, Virg. Aen. 8, 69. Phr.: to bind a man h. and foot, aliquem quadrupedem constringere, Ter. Andr. 5, 2, 24: to have a h. in anything, interesse alicui rei (less homely than Eng.: v. part, to take): to live from h. to mouth, in horam vivere, Cic. Ph. 5, 9, 25: to have one's h.s full (have enough to do), satis agere (the form satago, i. e. sat' ago also occurs): when the Romans had their h.s full, quum satis agerent Romani, Gell. 3, 8: pass. impers., we are fighting vigorously, but have got our h.s full, pugnatur acriter; agitur tamen satis, Cic. Att. 4, 15, fin.: h. to h., i. e. at close quarters, cominus, opp. to eminus, which is used of fighting at a distance: Cic.: Liv.: to clap the h.s, plaudere (v. to clap). II. Handwriting: chīrŏgrăphum: v. handwriting. III. The index of a time-piece: gnōmon, ŏnis, m. (of a dial): Plin. 2, 72, 74. Of a clock or watch, perh. horarum index, cf. Plin. 18, 27, 67.