Italian

Alternative forms

• omo (archaic, regional)

Alternative forms

• huomo (obsolete)

Noun

uomo m ‎(plural uomini, diminutive ometto, omino, augmentative omone)

1. man
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIV, p. 362, vv. 127-129:

     Io vidi un, fatto a guisa di lëuto, ¶ pur ch'elli avesse avuta l'anguinaia ¶ tronca da l'altro che l'uomo ha forcuto.

     I saw one made in fashion of a lute, ¶ if he had only had the groin cut off ¶ just at the point at which a man is forked.

2. (archaic, by extension) person
3. (by extension) mankind
   • 1807, Ippolito Pindemonte, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., (1809), p. 46:

     Quel duce, che col nudo acciaro in pugno ¶ l'uomo amar seppe, e che i nemici tutti, ¶ sé stesso ed anco la vittoria vinse.

     That leader who, bare steel in hand, ¶ could love mankind, and all the enemies, ¶ himself and victory itself conquered.

Related terms

• omicidio
• umano
• uomo di poche parole

See also

• donna ‎(“woman”)
• ragazzo ‎(“boy”)