manu militari
English
Etymology
From Latin manū mīlitārī.
References
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175.
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.
- 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
- "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175
Spanish
Further reading
- “manu militari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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