manu militari
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin manū mīlitārī.
Adverb edit
manu militari (not comparable)
- (law) With military aid.
References edit
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin manu militari.
Adverb edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “with a soldierly hand” or “by military power”, see manus.
Adverb edit
manū mīlitārī (not comparable) (Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- By force of arms.
- 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 […]
- […] animo fixum tenere, ut leges ecclesiasticas manu militari debellaret […]
- 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 edit
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175
Spanish edit
Adverb edit
Further reading edit
- “manu militari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014