humanus

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. The term is probably connected to homō (“human”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ. Perhaps from *hūm (“earth”) (see humus) -ānus. The form *hūm could possibly derive from earlier *hōm, with a phonological development similar to Latin fūr, from *fōr. However, de Vaan suggests that—in the example of fūr—the labial consonant may have conditioned the sound shift. Moreover, de Vaan suggests that a word-final nasal would be dropped following *ō, implying that the final *m in *hōm would have to be restored on the model of the oblique cases (i.e. an accusative singular form *hōmem). Alternatively, the term has been connected to Old Irish doíni and derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰdʰoym-, though de Vaan suggests that the source of *-oy- in this form is uncertain. === 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