humi

Latin

Etymology

Locative of humus (“ground, soil”). Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) is the same formation.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhu.miː/, [ˈhʊ.miː]

Adverb

humī (not comparable)

  1. on the ground.
  2. to the ground.

References
  • humi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • humi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • humi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
    • to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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