manu militari

English

Etymology

From Latin manū mīlitārī.

Adverb

manu militari (not comparable)

1. (law) With military aid.

References

• "manu militari", in Latin Phrases and Maxims: Collected from the Institutional Writers..., John Trayner, ed. 1861, page 175.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manu militari.

Adverb

manu militari

1. manu militari

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “with a soldierly hand” or “by military power”, see manus.

Adverb

manū mīlitārī (not comparable) (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. By force of arms.
   • c. 672 CE – 735 CE, Bede, In Evangelium Lucae 1.2.5:

     Nam sicut imperatoris optimi provisione cuncta manu militari loca adversus hostilem muniuntur adventum […]

     For in this way, by the precaution of the greatest general, all places are secured by force of arms against enemy approach […]

   • 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 […]

   • 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

Adverb

manu militari

1. manu militari

Further reading

• “manu militari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16