cum parva manu?

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Quis ut Deus
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cum parva manu?

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Salve Amice!

Quid sententia anglice "cum parva manu equitum" habet?

Valete

rkday
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Re: cum parva manu?

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manus can often refer to a band of men or soldiers, which seems to be its sense here - "with the knights' small band of men". Odd that there are more equites than manus, but the context probably makes better sense of it.

Edit: It occurs to me now that equitum is more probably descriptive than possessive - "with a small band of knights", then.

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Re: cum parva manu?

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@rkday

Thanks for the insight. I hadn't realized "manus" could mean "band." Now it makes total sense.

Gratias tibi ago!

Vale

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