hūmānus, hūmāna, hūmānum

Definitions for hūmānus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
pertaining to man, human, humane, kind, refined, cultivated
English derivatives:
humanity humanitarian humanism the humanities humanist inhuman superhuman

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Of, belonging to, or involving, a human being or beings, human; (ncut. pl. as sb.) human affairs. (b) the human scene, life; also, the human race, the (inhabited) world. (c) (masc. as sb.) a human being.
2
(a) Human (opp. divine). (b) of human beings (opp. animals).
3
(of conditions, etc.) That affect human beings, proper to man.
4
(of behaviour, attitudes, etc.) Characteristic of human beings, human.
5
Civilized. (b) cultured, cultivated.

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Sentences with hūmānus

Latin to English

Errare est humanum.Compare To err is human.

O quam contempta res est homo, nisi supra humana surrexerit! [Naturales quaestiones, O. praef. 5]Compare What a despicable thing is man, unless he rises above the human condition. [Tr. John Clarke]

Ego deum genus esse semper dixi et dicam caelitum, sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus; nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis; quod nunc abest.Compare I have always said and I will go on saying, there is a race of gods in heaven, but I do not believe that they concern themselves with what the human race is doing; for if they did, good men would fare well, and bad men ill, which is not the case now.

Exemplum insignis cerno mutatio res humanus.Compare You behold a striking example of the revolution of human affairs.

Consulo et parco vos genus humanus oportet.Compare It behoves you to consult for and show mercy to the human race.

Humanum amarest; humanum autem ignoscerest.Compare To love is human; to be indulgent is human too.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 809.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "hūmānus, hūmāna, hūmānum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 27, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/humanus-humana-humanum.