aridis manibus

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “with dry hands”.

Adverb

āridīs manibus (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) In an empty-handed, tight-fisted manner; without giving alms.
   • c. 327 CE – c. 410 CE, Gaudentius of Brescia, Tractatus 13.33:

     Quaedam feminae onerant auro et margaritis vel sua vel filiarum membra et aridis manibus praetereunt inopum precantium turbas.

     Some women load up either their own or their daughters' limbs with gold and pearls and tight-fistedly pass by crowds of poor beggars.

References

• Souter, Alexander (1949) “āridus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22