eminus

Latin

FWOTD – 10 July 2014

Etymology

From ex (“out of, away from”) + manus (“hand, at hand”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.mi.nus/, [ˈeː.mɪ.nʊs]

Adverb

ēminus (not comparable)

  1. at long range, beyond reach
  2. aloof
  3. from afar

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, 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
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