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Latin
Etymology
From hūmānus (“human”) + -tās; coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía).
Noun
hūmānitās f (genitive hūmānitātis); third declension
- humanity, human nature
- humaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy
- kindness, kindliness, courtesy, politeness
- Synonym: cōmitās
- refinement, culture, civilization, good breeding
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “humanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “humanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humanitas 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)
- humanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be quite uncivilised: omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse
- to be quite uncivilised: ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
- to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
- the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
- to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity: omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)
- to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
- to be absolutely wanting in sympathy: omnis humanitatis expertem esse
- to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind: omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare (Amic. 13. 48)
- a most courteous letter: litterae officii or humanitatis plenae
- humanitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016