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1956, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station., Station bulletin, page 25:
One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ...
John, John, if you don't go you're no homo—no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,—a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.
Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.
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Etymology
From the same root as holmo(v1.), which is related to Choctawholmo(“roof”).
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but the term, or its use in this way, can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage of English gay.
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but either the term, or its use in this way, can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage in Dutch.
“homo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Laudato si misignore per sora nostra morte corporale, da la quale nullu homo vivente poskappare
Praised be you, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from which no living person can escape.
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ.Le Lettere, 1994:
Quando viddi custui nel gran diserto Miserere di me gridai ad lui qual che tu sii o ombra o homo certo
When I saw him in the vast desert, I cried unto him "Have pity on me, whichever you are, or shadow or real man!"
The phenomenon of a derivational relationship between the words for both earth and man is also seen in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם(adám, “man”), אֲדָמָה(adamá, “soil”).
Note: iambic shortening of the final vowel before a following (primarily or secondarily) stressed syllable is very common, but in hexameter poetry this variation may simply have been lexicalised as arbitrary license.
Homō has the basic sense of "human being"[1] and is often used generically to mean “Man” or “men” in the broad sense of "humanity", encompassing both male and female human beings. It is not typically used to specify or emphasize male as opposed to female sex: the usual terms to express “man” in the sense “male” are vir(“adult male human being”) or mās(“male”). There are rare examples in early Latin of homō being used in contrast to an explicitly female term such as mulier(“woman”), such as Plautus Cistellaria 723, but this only becomes frequent in late Latin.[2]
When referring to specific human beings, homō is more often applied to male rather than female persons in the corpus of ancient Latin texts. For Romans, the use of homō versus vir when referring to a male human being was influenced by the differing social connotations of the two words: vir tends to be reserved as a positive designation for men of the Roman upper class, whereas the more generic term homō is frequently used to refer to men of lower social orders or foreigners,[3] and also to refer to upper class men in contexts where the positive connotations of vir would be out of place. For example, homō rather than vir tends to be used by Cicero in connection with pejorative adjectives.[4] There seems to have been a similar distinction in social connotation between mulier(“woman”), the general word for 'woman' that could be used in neutral or negative contexts, and fēmina(“female, woman”), which had positive, aristocratic overtones when used as a designation for a woman.[5]
Homō is claimed to be of common (epicene) gender by several grammarians, albeit with limited external supporting evidence - see quotations. When used with a modifier and referring to a woman, nevertheless agrees in the masculine gender (like German Mensch, Russian челове́к(čelovék)) (Charisius, GL I, p.102.20–103.1 = pp.130.19–31.2 B.).
vir(“adult human man”)(with connotations of freeborn status and possession of masculine virtues)
fēmina(“female; woman”)(in Republican Latin, used especially to refer to women of social rank, functioning as a female counterpart of vir and a more respectful synonym of mulier)
“homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
homo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
our contemporaries; men of our time: homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriae
that is the way of the world; such is life: sic vita hominum est
the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
what am I to do with this fellow: quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?
Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi
to be in every one's mouth: in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esse
to be a subject for gossip: in sermonem hominum venire
the common opinion, the general idea: existimatiohominum, omnium
a devotee of pleasure; a self-indulgent man: homo voluptarius (Tusc. 2. 7. 18)
many men, many minds: quot homines, tot sententiae
within the memory of man: post hominum memoriam
within the memory of man: post homines natos
learned, scientific, literary men: homines litterarum studiosi
learned, scientific, literary men: homines docti
a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
an accomplished dialectician: homo in dialecticis versatissimus
moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
a singer, member of a choir: (homo) symphoniacus
a wit; a joker: (homo) ridiculus (Plaut. Stich. 1. 3. 21)
a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo effrenatus, intemperans
a moral (immoral) man: homo bene (male) moratus
a depraved, abandoned character: homo perditus
a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
to unite isolated individuals into a society: dissipatos homines in (ad) societatem vitae convocare (Tusc. 1. 25. 62)
to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
business-men: homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentes
an experienced politician: homo in re publica exercitatus
a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office): homo novus
people of every rank: homines omnis generis
people of every rank and age: homines omnium ordinum et aetatum
one of the people: homo plebeius, de plebe
a popular man: aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)
public opinion: existimatio populi, hominum
to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
a democrat: homo popularis
a man who genuinely wishes the people's good: homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)
a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione
revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi
