humanus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derivative of hominem (“man, human, person”), with unclear vowel mutations, or from an unknown term derived from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [huːˈmaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈmaː.nus] === Adjective === 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. humane, kind, philanthropic cultured, refined ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === hūmānus m (genitive hūmānī); second declension (usually in the plural) a human, mortal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “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. humanus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (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