aridis manibus
Latin
Etymology
Literally, “with dry hands”.
Adverb
āridīs manibus (not comparable)
- (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.
- Quaedam feminae onerant auro et margaritis vel sua vel filiarum membra et aridis manibus praetereunt inopum precantium turbas.
References
- Souter, Alexander (1949), “āridus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22
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