eminus
Latin
FWOTD – 10 July 2014
Etymology
From ex (“out of, away from”) + manus (“hand, at hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeː.mɪ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.mi.nus]
Adverb
ēminus (not comparable)
Related terms
References
- “eminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “eminus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters: eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti
- to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere
- to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters: eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti