manus+manum+lavat


 * manus manum lavat || graded ||
 * translation: One hand washes another || [[image:manus_manum_lavat_wandtattoo.jpg width="240" height="240" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=manus+manum+lavat&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1278&bih=702&tbm=isch&tbnid=AZkc0nTSOJdQDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wandtattoo-4-you.de/manus_manum_lavat_wandtattoo.html&docid=0E7tX2CyklzO_M&imgurl=http://www.wandtattoo-4-you.de/galerie/wandtattoo/manus_manum_lavat_wandtattoo.jpg&w=600&h=600&ei=aYnaT922CsvC0AHylbHOAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=474&vpy=146&dur=2147&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=103&ty=139&sig=115369752454913739197&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=196&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:77"]] ||
 * derivatives: Manicure, Lavatory ||  ||
 * examples in English texts:
 * derivatives: Manicure, Lavatory ||  ||
 * examples in English texts:
 * examples in English texts:

=[|manus manum lavat]=

[|"manus manum lavat" means "one hand washes the other" in Latin.]

[|It is an idiom meaning that "one situation helps the other", and is a quote from "The Pumpkinification of Claudius" , ascribed to Seneca the Younger.]

[|We get the English word "manual" from the Latin, and it is commonly used as implying lower work, i.e. manual labour versus higher work done by professionals.]

[|With regard to photography, manual work and dexterity play a hugely important role, as the camera is held by hand more often than not, and manual settings give us the ability to control the outcome of a picture with much greater freedom over and above the programmed settings where camera reads the situation i]n its own way. || created by: Stella Maro ||