"humus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhu.mus/ [Classical], [ˈhʊmʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈu.mus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈuːmus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*homos}} Proto-Italic *homos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*dʰǵʰomós}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, {{m|ine-pro|*dʰéǵʰōm||earth}} *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), {{cog|sa|क्ष}} Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), {{cog|grc|χθών}} Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), {{cog|cu|землꙗ}} Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja), {{m|la|homō||human being, man}} homō (“human being, man”) Head templates: {{la-noun|humus<2.loc>|abl_sg=humō/humū|footnote=<i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">domus</i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humū</i> once used by Varro.|g=f|loc_pl=―}} humus f (genitive humī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|humus<2.loc>|abl_sg=humō/humū|footnote=<i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">domus</i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humū</i> once used by Varro.|loc_pl=-}} Forms: humī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], humus [nominative, singular], humī [nominative, plural], humī [genitive, singular], humōrum [genitive, plural], humō [dative, singular], humīs [dative, plural], humum [accusative, singular], humōs [accusative, plural], humō [ablative, singular], humū [ablative, singular], humīs [ablative, plural], hume [singular, vocative], humī [plural, vocative], humī [locative, singular], - [locative, plural]
  1. ground, floor Tags: declension-2, feminine
    Sense id: en-humus-la-noun-YpFaeZu0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the second declension: 50 50
  2. earth, soil Tags: declension-2, feminine Synonyms: terra, solum, tellūs
    Sense id: en-humus-la-noun-seh1LYlu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the second declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: umus, humum Derived forms: humilis, humō

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "humilis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "humō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հումուս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: հումուս (humus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: հումուս (humus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "χούμος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: χούμος (choúmos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: χούμος (choúmos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "húmas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: húmas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: húmas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "umus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: umus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: umus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "húmus",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: húmus, humo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: húmus, humo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "humus",
            "3": "humă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: humus, humă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: humus, humă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "гу́мус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: гу́мус (gúmus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: гу́мус (gúmus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ху́мус",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "húmus"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ху́мус (húmus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ху́мус (húmus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: humus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*homos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *homos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰǵʰomós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰéǵʰōm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "earth"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "क्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "χθών"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "землꙗ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "homō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "human being, man"
      },
      "expansion": "homō (“human being, man”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "humus<2.loc>",
        "abl_sg": "humō/humū",
        "footnote": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">domus</i> and <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humū</i> once used by Varro.",
        "g": "f",
        "loc_pl": "―"
      },
      "expansion": "humus f (genitive humī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "humus<2.loc>",
        "abl_sg": "humō/humū",
        "footnote": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">domus</i> and <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humū</i> once used by Varro.",
        "loc_pl": "-"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ground, floor"
      ],
      "id": "en-humus-la-noun-YpFaeZu0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "floor",
          "floor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Triptolemus] will be the first to plow and sow and take away the rewards from cultivated soil.\n(See Triptolemus, Demophon of Eleusis, and Celeus for the ancient Greek myths about a royal family who are presented as humble country folk in the Fasti.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.559–560",
          "text": "[Triptolemus] prīmus arābit et seret et culta praemia tollet humō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "earth, soil"
      ],
      "id": "en-humus-la-noun-seh1LYlu",
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "terra"
        },
        {
          "word": "solum"
        },
        {
          "word": "tellūs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhu.mus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊmʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu.mus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈuːmus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "umus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "humum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "humus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "humilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "humō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հումուս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: հումուս (humus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: հումուս (humus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "χούμος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: χούμος (choúmos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: χούμος (choúmos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "húmas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: húmas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: húmas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "umus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: umus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: umus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "húmus",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: húmus, humo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: húmus, humo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "humus",
            "3": "humă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: humus, humă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: humus, humă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "гу́мус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: гу́мус (gúmus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: гу́мус (gúmus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ху́мус",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "húmus"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ху́мус (húmus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ху́мус (húmus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: humus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "humus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: humus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: humus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*homos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *homos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰǵʰomós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰéǵʰōm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "earth"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "क्ष"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "χθών"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "землꙗ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "homō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "human being, man"
      },
      "expansion": "homō (“human being, man”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "humī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "humus<2.loc>",
        "abl_sg": "humō/humū",
        "footnote": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">domus</i> and <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humū</i> once used by Varro.",
        "g": "f",
        "loc_pl": "―"
      },
      "expansion": "humus f (genitive humī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "humus<2.loc>",
        "abl_sg": "humō/humū",
        "footnote": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humus</i> is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humī</i>); other such nouns include <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">domus</i> and <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">rūs</i>. Also, irregular ablative singular <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">humū</i> once used by Varro.",
        "loc_pl": "-"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ground, floor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "floor",
          "floor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Triptolemus] will be the first to plow and sow and take away the rewards from cultivated soil.\n(See Triptolemus, Demophon of Eleusis, and Celeus for the ancient Greek myths about a royal family who are presented as humble country folk in the Fasti.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.559–560",
          "text": "[Triptolemus] prīmus arābit et seret et culta praemia tollet humō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "earth, soil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "terra"
        },
        {
          "word": "solum"
        },
        {
          "word": "tellūs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhu.mus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhʊmʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu.mus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈuːmus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "umus"
    },
    {
      "word": "humum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "humus"
}

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