humanus
See also: humānus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derivative of hominem (“man, human, person”), with unclear vowel mutations.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /huːˈmaː.nus/, [huːˈmäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈma.nus/, [uˈmäːnus]
Adjective
[edit]hūmānus (feminine hūmāna, neuter hūmānum, comparative hūmānior, superlative hūmānissimus, adverb hūmānē or hūmāniter); first/second-declension adjective
- human (of man, people)
- Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer
- humane
- cultured, refined
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hūmānus | hūmāna | hūmānum | hūmānī | hūmānae | hūmāna | |
| genitive | hūmānī | hūmānae | hūmānī | hūmānōrum | hūmānārum | hūmānōrum | |
| dative | hūmānō | hūmānae | hūmānō | hūmānīs | |||
| accusative | hūmānum | hūmānam | hūmānum | hūmānōs | hūmānās | hūmāna | |
| ablative | hūmānō | hūmānā | hūmānō | hūmānīs | |||
| vocative | hūmāne | hūmāna | hūmānum | hūmānī | hūmānae | hūmāna | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]hūmānus m (genitive hūmānī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūmānus | hūmānī |
| genitive | hūmānī | hūmānōrum |
| dative | hūmānō | hūmānīs |
| accusative | hūmānum | hūmānōs |
| ablative | hūmānō | hūmānīs |
| vocative | hūmāne | hūmānī |
References
[edit]- “humanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “humanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- human life: res humanae or simply res
- that is the way of the world; such is life: haec est rerum humanarum condicio
- to despise earthly things: res externas or humanas despicere
- to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
- to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
- heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria
- human life: res humanae or simply res
- humanus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag