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”)). Compare also Middle English dingle (“depression, hollow”) (from Old English *dyngel). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhʊ.mɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mi.lis] === Adjective === humilis (neuter humile, comparative humilior, superlative humillimus, adverb humiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective low, lowly, small, slight; shallow (in respect to birth, fortune or worth) base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low Synonyms: ignōbilis, modicus, dēmissus short, not tall (of physical stature) submissive, abject; (post-Classical) humble (of mind or character) mean, without elevation (of language) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “humilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Souter, Alexander (1949), “humilis”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎[2], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 177 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, →ISBN, page 292