[ˈhʊ.mʊs], [ˈuː.mus]
OriginFrom 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”).
- declension-2, feminineground, floor
- declension-2, feminineearth, soil
“[Triptolemus] prīmus arābit et seret et culta praemia tollet humō” — [Triptolemus] will be the first to plow and sow and take away the rewards from cultivated soil.
(See Triptolemus, Demophon of Eleusis, and Celeus for the ancient Greek myths about a royal family who a
Formshumī(genitive) · 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) · umus(alternative) · humum(alternative)