"humanitas" meaning in Latin

See humanitas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From hūmānus (“human”) + -tās; coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|hūmānus|tās|t1=human}} hūmānus (“human”) + -tās, {{coin|la|Cicero|nocap=1}} coined by Cicero, {{clq|la|grc|φιλανθρωπία|nocap=1}} calque of Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía) Head templates: {{la-noun|hūmānitās<3>}} hūmānitās f (genitive hūmānitātis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|hūmānitās<3>}} Forms: hūmānitās [canonical, feminine], hūmānitātis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], hūmānitās [nominative, singular], hūmānitātēs [nominative, plural], hūmānitātis [genitive, singular], hūmānitātum [genitive, plural], hūmānitātī [dative, singular], hūmānitātibus [dative, plural], hūmānitātem [accusative, singular], hūmānitātēs [accusative, plural], hūmānitāte [ablative, singular], hūmānitātibus [ablative, plural], hūmānitās [singular, vocative], hūmānitātēs [plural, vocative]
  1. humanity, human nature Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-humanitas-la-noun-U5YTfJ3J Disambiguation of Ethics: 41 18 21 21 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tas, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 63 23 2 11 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 36 18 23 24 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tas: 61 25 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 24 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 25 2 5
  2. humaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-humanitas-la-noun-qdBDcqvm
  3. kindness, kindliness, courtesy, politeness Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: cōmitās
    Sense id: en-humanitas-la-noun-rBxprid-
  4. refinement, culture, civilization, good breeding Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-humanitas-la-noun-2NnEeuQH
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      "text": "→ Catalan: humanitat"
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      "text": "→ German: Humanität"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: umanità",
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          "humane"
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          "conduct"
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          "philanthropy"
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          "kindliness"
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          "courtesy",
          "courtesy"
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          "politeness"
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          "culture"
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          "good"
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          "breeding"
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  "word": "humanitas"
}
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    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
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            "bor": "1"
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            "bor": "1"
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      "text": "→ German: Humanität"
    },
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      "text": "→ French: humanité"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: umanità",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Italian: umanità"
    },
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: umanitate",
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      "text": "→ Romanian: umanitate"
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            "2": "humanidad",
            "bor": "1"
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        "vocative"
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      ],
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          "humanity",
          "humanity"
        ],
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          "human nature"
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          "philanthropy"
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    {
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      ],
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          "kindliness",
          "kindliness"
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          "courtesy",
          "courtesy"
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          "politeness"
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        "declension-3"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "refinement, culture, civilization, good breeding"
      ],
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        [
          "refinement",
          "refinement"
        ],
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ],
        [
          "civilization",
          "civilization"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "breeding",
          "breeding"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "humanitas"
}

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