Latin

Noun

hūmānitās f ‎(genitive hūmānitātis); third declension

1. humanity, human nature
2. kindness, courtesy
3. culture, civilization

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: humanité

References

• humanitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• humanitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HUMANITAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “humanitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be quite uncivilised: omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse
    
  • to be quite uncivilised: ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
    
  • to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity: omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)
    
  • to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
    
  • to be absolutely wanting in sympathy: omnis humanitatis expertem esse
    
  • to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind: omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare (Amic. 13. 48)
    
  • a most courteous letter: litterae officii or humanitatis plenae
    
• humanitas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016