Right-Hand-Man
- Thread starter LenCabral
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I don't know of any expression with that meaning involving the right hand or arm in Latin.
Off the top of my head, I would express the idea with satelles/minister/adiutor praecipuus or something like that. That's not something I've actually read anywhere, though.
Off the top of my head, I would express the idea with satelles/minister/adiutor praecipuus or something like that. That's not something I've actually read anywhere, though.
Locum tenens is not very far from your meaning, but it is later Latin. There is also vicarius.
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It would have to be fidus Achates. (theoritically, it can be used as synonym for faithful/ reliable friend) - it all depends on your perception if such expression suits your understanding (you could as well use alter idem if aspect of trust or reliability was of great importance)
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a very important assistant who helps someone do a job - magni momenti adiutor
Nicene Creed comes to mind....
sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis,
Now is this the provenance of "right hand man?" That's tricky. The earliest citations in google books seem to be military, but is this just the man in the same rank (row) as the soldier on the right, rather than the most trusted?
There is an older provenance, even further back than here.