MANUS

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: MANUS.

Erat manus Domini cum eis. ~ Note: The words are from the Biblical book of Acts, 11.

Longae regum manus. ~ Note: Here is another one of those ambiguous fourth-declension noun forms: manus - but the adjective gives you the clue you need: longae, "long are the hands of kings," metaphorically speaking. This is one of the sayings that Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.2.3.

Legis manus longa. ~ Note: Compare the previous proverb - now you have longa manus, singular.

Ex propriis manibus vivo. ~ Note: In Engish we might say "I live by my own hands" (i.e. independently), while Latin instead says ex propriis manibus. You can also find the phrase "ex propriis manibus" used in legal Latin, and also in the variant form "ex propriis suis (manibus)."

Mors et vita in manibus linguae. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B310.

Nescit quot digitos habeat in manu. ~ Note: The subjunctive habeat is because of the indirect question, introduced by quot.

Manus manum lavat.

Quae fugiunt, celeri carpite poma manu.

Melior est avis in manu quam decem in aere.

Ubi quis dolet, ibidem et manum habet. ~ Note: Note that quis here has the force of aliquis.

In flammam ne manum inicito.

Prudens in flammam ne manum inicito.

Multae manus onus levant. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 2.3.95: Multae manus onus levius reddunt.

Multae manus onus magnum levissime reducunt.

Multorum manibus grande levatur onus.

Lingua quam manu promptior.

Manum admoventi sunt vocanda numina.

Cum Minerva manum quoque move. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.6.18.

Cum Minerva manus etiam move. ~ Note: This saying alludes to the Aesop's fable about the Athenian man who was shipwrecked: instead of swimming to save his life, he prayed to Athena to save him - and then another man swam up and told the Athenian that he needed to move his own arms, in addition to whatever help the goddess might offer.

Manus haec inimica tyrannis. ~ Note: The full phrase reads: Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidum sub libertate quietem.

A rebus alienis manus abstine. ~ Note: Here you see the idea expressed more concretely, with manus as a direct object of abstine: keep your hands (manūs, plural) from other people's things.

Labores manuum tuarum manducabis. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B259.

Ad opus manum admovendo fortunam invoca.

Parca manus, labor assiduus, designat habere. ~ Note: Parca manus, labor assiduus, designat habere, / larga manus, labor insolitus, desistit habere.

Manum quam non potes mordere, eam osculare.

Manum habet sub pallio.

Bene docere et male vivere, est una manu aedificare, altera destruire.

Manum admoventi fortuna est imploranda. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.2.81.

Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.8.29. It is also included by Polydorus in his Adagia, A157.

Abluit manus manum: da aliquid et accipe.

Abluit manus manum.

Manus manum, digitumque digitus abluit.

Si fore vis sanus, ablue saepe manus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1237.

Dii laneos pedes habent, sed ferreas manus.

Si manus est vacua, non accipitrem capit illa.

Manum ut manus fricat, da aliquid et accipe.

Manus manum fricat. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings that Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.1.33.

Perdimus anguillam dum manibus stringimus illam.

Mane semina sementem tuam et vespere ne cesset manus tua.

Non facile manibus vacuis occiditur ursus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 738.

Larga manus, labor insolitus, desistit habere. ~ Note: Parca manus, labor assiduus, designat habere, / larga manus, labor insolitus, desistit habere.

Manibus vacuis haud facile accipitrem allicis atque capis.

In manu illius plumbum aurum fiebat.

Deus habet laneos pedes, plumbeas manus.

Minerva auxiliante, manum etiam admove.

Pix dum palpatur, palpando manus maculatur. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 893.

Plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla in silvis.

Inter manum et mentum multa cadunt.

Manus digiti conaequales non sunt, omnes tamen usui sunt.

Lingua manu discrepat.

Multorum manibus alleviatur onus.

Incassum miseros audit, qui os et manum claudit.

Altera manu hastam, altera caduceum praeferens.

Altera manu fert aquam, altera ignem.

Fortunae filius, in manu illius plumbum aurum fiebat.

Illotis manibus rem sacram tangere noli.

Puras deus, non plenas, aspicit manus.

Si tibi lumen abest, manibus res tangere prodest.

Sperat quidem animus; quo eveniat, diis in manu est.

Si stimulos pugnis caedis, manibus plus dolet.

Ne scribam vanum, dirige, Christe, manum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 675.