humilis
Latin
Etymology
From humus + -ilis. The resemblance to Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós) is cognate, but probably accidental, and not sufficient to assume a direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo- (a derivative from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhu.mi.lis/, [ˈhʊ.mɪ.lɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.mi.lis/, [ˈuː.mi.lis]
Adjective
humilis (neuter humile); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | humilis | humile | humilēs | humilia | |
Genitive | humilis | humilis | humilium | humilium | |
Dative | humilī | humilī | humilibus | humilibus | |
Accusative | humilem | humile | humilēs, humilīs | humilia | |
Ablative | humilī | humilī | humilibus | humilibus | |
Vocative | humilis | humile | humilēs | humilia |
- comparative: humilior, superlative: humillimus
Derived terms
- humile
- humiliātiō
- humilificō
- humiliō
- humilitās
- humiliter
- humilitō
Descendants
References
- humilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- humilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- humilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)
- of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus
- of humble, obscure origin: humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus
- to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “humus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 292
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