"homo homini lupus" meaning in Latin

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Phrase

IPA: /ˈho.moː ˈho.mi.niː ˈlu.pus/ [Classical], [ˈhɔmoː ˈhɔmɪniː ˈɫ̪ʊpʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈo.mo ˈo.mi.ni ˈlu.pus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɔːmo ˈɔːmini ˈluːpus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: homō hominī lupus [canonical]
Etymology: From homō (“a human being, man”) + hominī (“to man”, dative singular of the same) + lupus (“a wolf”). As is typical of Latin proverbs, the sentence is nominal (lacks the copular est). First attested in Erasmus' Adagia, a variation on the proverb alluded to by Plautus in Lupus est homō hominī, nōn homō, quom quālis sit nōn nōvit ("To a human, a human is not a human but a wolf when he doesn't know what the other one is like"). Compare Erasmus' Hominī nūlla fera perniciōsior quam homō ("No beast is more dangerous to a human than another human"). Etymology templates: {{m|la|homō||a human being, man}} homō (“a human being, man”), {{m|la|hominī|pos=dative singular of the same|t=to man}} hominī (“to man”, dative singular of the same), {{m|la|lupus||a wolf}} lupus (“a wolf”), {{m|la|est}} est Head templates: {{head|la|proverb|head=homō hominī lupus}} homō hominī lupus
  1. man is a wolf to man (what wolf is to other animals, man is to another man)
    Sense id: en-homo_homini_lupus-la-phrase-01UWp7Hk Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin proverbs

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