humi

Latin

Etymology

Locative of humus (“ground, soil”). (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) is the same formation.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhu.miː/, [ˈhʊmiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mi/, [ˈuːmi]

Adverb

humī (not comparable)

1. on the ground.
2. to the ground.

Related terms

• humilis
• humilitās
• humiliter
• humō
• humus

References

• “humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• humi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
    
  • to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)