manica

manica , ae, f.: something connected with the hand; a sleeve reaching to the hand; a long sleeve; found only in the pl., manicae, ārum, sleeves, 9.616; handcuffs, chains, cords, manacles, 2.146. (manus)

manica, ae, f. (manus), I) ein langer Ärmel an der Tunika, der bis über die Hand herabging, also zugleich unseren Handschuh ersetzte, griech. χειρίς, nur von Frauen u. Weichlingen in Rom und von Landleuten im Winter getragen, Cic., Verg. u.a., von Pelz gemacht, Pallad. – II) übtr.: 1) das Handeisen, die Handfessel (Ggstz. pedica, compes, Fußeisen, Fußfessel), Plaut., Hor. u. Verg.: im Bilde, sic laqueis, manicis, pedicis mens inretita est, Lucil. 854. – 2) der beim Entern eines feindl. Schiffes gebrauchte eiserne Haken, Enterhaken (gew. manus ferrea), Lucan. 3, 565. – ➳ Spät. Schreibung manicha, Hieron. epist. 22, 13.

manica [CL], ~us, ~ia, ~ius 1 manacle, (pair of) handcuffs (also fig.). irruunt in eos ‥ in artissimum cippum omni compede durius constrinxere. addunt ferreas ~as manibus, et collaria ferrea in cervicibus Gosc. Mir. Aug. 549; brachia ei in ~is ferreis astrinxerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 20 p. 42; 1398 duo paria ~arum ferr’ cum quatuor shakeles ferr’ Enr. Chester 71/7; ~a, A. a manicle WW. 2 covering for forearm, hand, or sim; a sleeve, cuff. b glove, mitten. c cover for document, bag. a est velud in caracallae modum, i. sine ~is, sed et sine capello Comm. Cant. I 295; ingentem ~am ter plicavit in rugam Lantfr. Swith. 3; ~is laxis retro labentibus, cum nec brachia ejus essent grossa nec multum carnosa, nec prefata penula protenderetur nisi usque ad cubitum Beleth RDO 163. 164; S. [Thomas] monachi ~am apprehendit Gerv. Cant. Chr. I 339; 1252 tunicam et dalmaticam ‥ cum aurifragio ‥ circa manucas Cl 128; 1261 percipiet ‥ supertunicam ‥ cum ~iis Cart. Osney I 180; s1400 excrescebat nimis insolencia indumentorum ‥ et maxime togarum cum profundis et latis ~is, vocatis vulgariter pokys, ad modum bagpipe formatis V. Ric. II 172; 1415 unum colobium de blodio velvet cum ~io ornato cum spangis deauratis Reg. Cant. II 89; 1429 nec permittantur dicti pueri ad quamcunque partem extra domum vagare nisi ‥ in tunicis honestis, talaribus strictis, ~is et de eodem colore scilicet de persico vel blavio Reg. Brechin I 48.  b quomodo domi sedens duas ~as a corvis sublatas cognoscebat et iterum restitutas predixit Felix Guthl. 40 tit. p. 70; intuensque ~as suas ut mos juvenum erat filis sericis consutas Mir. Wulfst. I 14 p.123; collectis in volam digitis et simul in palmam replicatis, manum ~a subtraxit NLA I 176; hec ~a, A. myttan WW.  c s1414 rotulus ‥ continens cuncta monachorum nomina dicti loci in ~a sua Chr. S. Alb. 79. 3 representation of a sleeve, (her.) manche. armis ‥ ~am auream in campo rubio habentibus Ad. Usk 58; Hastingiorum illustrium procerum juvenile symbolum vides cocciniam, manicham in aureo aequore Spelman Asp. 109. 4 handle. cultrorum manici ponantur versus edentes D. Bec. 2598; cultrorum manice ponantur versus edentes Modus Cenandi 8. 80 p. 40; pone quodcunque volueris in vase ferreo cum longa ~a, et pone in furno Ripley 416. 5 rivet. 1553 de ‥ xxvj manucis ferreis incompletis, syxe and twenty payer of Almayne ryvettes not complete Pat 852 m. 29.

mănĭca, (13) æ, f. (manus), surtout au pl. ¶ 1 longue manche de tunique couvrant la main : Cic. Phil. 11, 26 ; Virg. En. 9, 616 ; Tac. G. 17 ¶ 2 gant : Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 5, 15 ¶ 3 fers pour les mains, menottes : Pl. Capt. 619, etc. ; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 76 ; Virg. G. 4, 439 ¶ 4 main de fer, grappin dʼabordage : Luc. 3, 565.

manica , ae. f.
袖。手祰。手套。鐵手爪。

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MANICA

MA´NICAa sleeve, regarded as effeminate until the later Empire. Verg. A. 9.616, Et tunicae manicas et habent redimicula mitrae O vere Phrygiae, and Gell. 6.12, Tunicis uti virum prolixis ultra brachia et usque in primores manus ac prope digitos Romae atque omni in Latio indecorum fuit. But the fashion changed, Talares et manicatas tunicas habere apud Romanos veteres flagitium erat nunc autem honesto loco natis, cum tunicati sunt non eas habere flagitium est. (Augustin. de doct. Christ. 3.20.) Besides the use of sleeves sewed to the tunic, which, when so manufactured, was called chiridota or manicata tunica (Curt. 3.7, p. 12, ed. Zumpt), sleeves were also worn as a separate part of the dress. Palladius (de Re Rust. 1.43) mentions the propriety of providing ocreas manicasque de pellibus, i.e. leggings and sleeves made of hides, as useful both to the huntsman and to the agricultural labourer. The Roman gladiators wore, together with greaves, a sleeve of an appropriate kind on the right arm and hand (Juven. 6.255), as is exhibited in the woodcuts under GLADIATOR.

These parts of dress are mentioned together even as early as the Homeric age (see Od. 24.228, 229). In this passage the manicae (χειρίδες) seem to be fingerless gloves, worn on the hands to protect them from briars and thorns; and Eustathius, in his commentary on the other passage, distinguishes between these and gloves, which he calls χειρίδες δακτυλωταί (p. 1960, init.). The χειρὶς πλέα ἀργυρίου was probably not (as in Liddell and Scott) a sleeve, but a leathern glove, like that in the Odyssey, used as a purse.

Gloves with fingers (digitalia, Varro, de Re Rust. 1.55) were worn among the Romans for the performance of certain manual operations. Pliny the younger refers also to the use of manicae in winter to protect the hands from cold (Epist. 3.5). Those used by the Persians were probably made of fur, perhaps resembling muffs: the Persians also wore gloves in winter (δακτνλῆθραι, Xen. Cyrop. 8.3, § 17). In an enumeration of the instruments of torture used in the fourth century of the Christian era we observe the glove (Synes. Epist. 58); probably an iron glove for crushing the hand, as the boot did the leg.

Handcuffs were called manicae. (Verg. G. 4.439; Aen. 2.146;--Plaut. Asin. 2.2, 38; Capt. 3.5, 1; Most. 5.1, 17;--Non. Marcellus, s. v. Manicae.)

In Lucan (Luc. 3.565, manica is used as equivalent to MANUS FERREA

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Manĭca

(χειρίς). (1) A sleeve worn either separately (Pallad. R. R. i. 43) or sewn to the tunic (Curt.iii. 7). The latter was long regarded as effeminate (Verg. Aen. ix. 616; Gell.vi. 12), but in the later Empire was regularly worn. It appears to have been developed from a species of glove with gauntlets, originally used by hedgers and huntsmen to protect the hands and arms from briars and thistles. Such were probably the χειρίδες of Homer ( Od. xxiv. 228, 229), differing only from gloves in not having fingers. (See digitalia.)

(2) A handcuff, generally spoken of in the plural (manicae), of which the preceding illustration gives an example (Plaut. Most. v. 1, 17).

(3) A grappling-iron used in naval battles (Lucan. iii. 565). See harpago.