homo

animal providum et sagax est homo
man is a prudent and wise being

homō, inis, c.: man, a human being; freq., mortal, 1.328.

hŏmo, ĭnis (archaic form hemonem hominem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.; cf. humanus init., and nēmo, from nĕ-hĕmo: homōnem, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. = Ann. v. 141 Vahl.: hŏmōnes, Naev. 1, 1), comm. [root in humus, Gr. χαμαί; cf. Germ. -gam in Bräutigam; O. H. Germ. gomo; Goth. guma; Old Engl. goom; Engl. groom; cf. also Gr. ἐπιχθόνιοι; Hebr. Adam],

• a human being, man.
• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii quem vocamus hominem, praeclara quadam condicione generatum esse a summo deo, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf., on the natural history of man, Plin. 7 praef. sq.; § 5 sq.: decem hominibus vitam eripis, indictā causā, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 12: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.); cf.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 313 ib.): navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius homo rex, id. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 ib.): homo jam grandior, Ter. Phorm. 362: homo amicus nobis ... homo antiqua virtute ac fide, id. Ad. 440 sq.; cf.: bonus homo et nobis amicus, Cic. Fam. 16, 18 fin.: quid est, quod homo masculus lubentius videre debeat bella uxore?Varr. ap. Non. 248, 16: infelix, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 169 (321): homo omni doctrina eruditus, Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.: homo summā prudentiā, multā etiam doctrinā, id. Fam. 3, 7, 5: de hujus hominis (i. e. Pompei) felicitate, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47: iners atque inutilis, id. Off. 3, 6, 31; cf.: contemptus et abjectus, id. Agr. 2, 34, 93: insulsus, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; cf. also: hominum homo stultissime, Ter. Ad. 218: quid hoc homine faciatis? Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 42: consulere generi hominum, the human race, mankind, id. Rep. 3, 12: genus hominum, id. ib. 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 9, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7 et saep. (more freq., genus humanum; v. humanus and genus); cf.: natura hominem conciliat homini ... hominum coetus et celebrationes, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: placet Stoicis, quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, homines autem hominum causa esse generatos, id. ib. 1, 7, 22: homines plurimum hominibus et prosunt et obsunt, id. ib. 2, 5, 17: is dictus popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.): homines Romani, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: lege conciliati homines cum dis putandi sunt, id. Leg. 1, 7, 23: pro deum atque hominum fidem! Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 16 (694) et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Ann. v. 566 Vahl.); so, id. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Ann. v. 567) and ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 254); but homo, sing., is used of the human race, mankind (= homines, genus humanum), when it has no predicate joined with it: qua haud scio an quidquam melius sit homini datum, Cic. Lael. 6, 20; 3, 11: taces, Monstrum hominis? Ter. Eun. 696; cf.: odium illud hominis impuri, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1: quid hoc sit hominis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 26 (576); cf.: quid illuc hominus est? Ter. Eun. 833; in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc., id. Heaut. 1003: tu homo adigis me ad insaniam, id. Ad. 111.—In apposition: mares homines, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32 (1311): amanti homini adulescenti, id. Trin. 1, 2, 94 (132); cf.: filius homo adulescens, Ter. Phorm. 1041; v. adulescens: verberare hominem senem, id. Ad. 562: servom hominem, id. Phorm. 292: oculi hominis histrionis, Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193: nemo homo, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29 (211); cf.: ut homo nemo velit nisi hominis similis esse, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78; v. nemo. —Of females: mater, cujus ea stultitia est, ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit, Cic. Clu. 70, 199: quae (Io) bos ex homine est, Ov. F. 5, 620; Juv. 6, 284: dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: homines feminae (opp. mares homines), Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 3.—
  • • 2 Prov.
    • • a Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, i. e. every one has his own opinion, Ter. Phorm. 454; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—
      • b Ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 431 (but in Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36 (725) spurious, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
      • c Homines, dum docent, discunt, Sen. Ep. 7, 8 fin.—
      • d Aiunt homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo, the lookers-on see farther in the game than the players, id. ib. 109, 16. —
      • e Homo nulli coloris, neither fish nor flesh, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99 (1201).—
      • f Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, Ter. Heaut. 77; cf.: homo ego sum, homo tu es, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 46 (447).—
      • g Lupus homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 88 (494).—
  • B In partic.
  • • 1 Pregn., in a good or a bad sense.
    • • a In a good sense (cf. vir), a man, as a reasonable or moral being: homo es, qui me emunxisti mucidum, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57 (493): si homo esset, eum potius legeret, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2: nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit, id. de Or. 2, 10, 40: si vis homo esse, id. Att. 4, 15, 2: homines visi sumus, id. ib. 13, 52, 2: nos quod simus, quod habeamus, quod homines existimemur, id omne abs te habere, id. Fam. 7, 29, 1: si tu sis homo, Ter. Ad. 934: et tu illum tuom, si esses homo, sineres, etc., if you had a man's sense, id. ib. 107: exuens hominem ex homine, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: cum Socrates Alcibiadi persuasisset, eum nihil hominis esse, that he was nothing of a man (i. e. in no respect such as a man should be), id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77: (Nero) dicebat se quasi hominem tandem habitare coepisse, like a human being, Suet. Ner. 31: me hominem inter homines voluit esse, Petr. 39. —
      • b In a bad sense, a man, as a weak, mortal being, subject to error, of low condition (rare): fateor me saepe peccasse, nam et homo sum et adhuc juvenis, Petr. 130: cf. homines sumus, non dei, id. 75: (Demosthenes, Homerus) summi sunt, homines tamen, Quint. 10, 1, 25.—In fem.: quae si hoc tempore non diem suum obiisset, paucis post annis tamen ei moriendum fuit, quoniam homo nata fuerat, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.—Also of servants (as distinguished from a free Roman): homo P. Quinti, Quintus's man, i. e. his slave, servant, Cic. Quint. 19, 61: vinum familiae ... Saturnalibus et Compitalibus in singulos homines congios, Cato R. R. 57, 2; Cat. 10, 16.—
    • 2 In opp. to a woman, a man (anteand post-class., and very rare): mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 57 (727); Lact. 2, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38.—*
    • 3 In milit. lang., homines, opp. to cavalry, foot-soldiers, infantry: capti homines equitesque producebantur, Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 5; cf. vir. —
    • 4 Homo novus, v. novus.—
    • 5 Bodies, corpses: jam pigritia singulos sepeliendi promisce acervatos cumulos hominum urebant, Liv. 5, 48, 3.—
    • 6 Particular phrases.
    • • a Paucorum hominum esse, to have but few intimates, be choice in one's company: (Maecenas) paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae. Hor. S. 1, 9, 44: homo est Perpaucorum hominum, Ter. Eun. 409.— Hence, comically, of the favorite but rare fish, acipenser: Scipio vide, quid agas: acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12 (see the anecdote in connection).—
      • b Inter homines esse (agere).
      • • α To be among the living, to be alive, to live (very rare): Hercules numquam abiisset ad deos, nisi cum inter homines esset, eam sibi viam munivisset, Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32: inter homines esse desinere, i. e. to die, Dig. 31, 1, 59; so, agere inter homines desinere, Tac. A. 15, 74 fin.: ab hominibus ereptus est, Dig. 31, 1, 58.—
        • β To see the world, be among men: iste homo qui numquam inter homines fuerit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76.—
• II Transf., esp. in familiar lang., the man, the fellow, instead of the pron. he, his, him: haben argentum ab homine? Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 65 (1167): ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, ut, etc., Ter. Eun. 261: itast homo, id. Ad. 143: dixit, se senatui roganti de Marcello ne hominis quidem causa negaturum, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3: ei medico imperasti, ut venas hominis incideret, id. Pis. 34, 83: tantum esse in homine sceleris, id. Sest. 9, 22 Halm.; 41, 89; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: persuasit homini, Nep. Dat. 10, 3: aut insanit homo aut versus facit, Hor. S. 2, 7, 117: agnoscit hominem Caesar, Phaedr. 2, 5, 19 Burm. ad loc.; al.—
• • B Hic homo, this man, = I, myself (ante-class. and poet.): hunc hominem velles si tradere, Hor. S. 1, 9, 47: solus hic homo est, qui sciat, etc., Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33 (248): tibi verba, huic homini verbera, Ter. Heaut. 343 (cf. hic, G.).

homo, inis, masc. (altlat. hemo; vgl. nemo), der Mensch, Mann, I) im allg., der Mensch im Ggstz. zum Tiere (bestia od. belua), als masc. auch unser Mann im allg. (hingegen vir im Ggstz. zum Weibe, u. bes. da, wo man mit »Mann« den Begriff der Stärke u. Tüchtigkeit verbindet), im Plur. homines, Menschen, Leute, Cic. u.a.: homo adulescens od. adulescentulus, ein junger (unerfahrener, leichtsinniger) Mensch (Mann), Ggstz. homo senex, ein alter (bedächtiger) Mann, Komik.: h. servus, Sklavenseele, Ter.: h. nemo od. nemo homo, keine Menschenseele, kein Mensch, Ter., Cic. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Ter. eun. 3, 5, 1): h. Romanus, ein Mann von Rom, ein geborener Römer, Cic.: so auch Plur. homines Romani, Cic. (und so oft verstärkend bei Völkernamen): illustres homines, ausgezeichnete Männer, Cic.: clarissimus h., Cic. – im Ggstz. zum Weibe, mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto, Plaut. – inter homines esse = leben (zB. cum inter homines esset, bei Lebzeiten), Cic.; Ggstz. inter homines esse desinere, sterben, ICt. (dafür inter homines agere desinere, Tac.); u. = unter Leuten sein, mit Leuten od. der großen Welt umgehen, numquam inter homines fuisse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 76. – paucorum hominum esse, nur für wenige Menschen sein = mit wenigen umgehen, sich selten machen, paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae, der ist nur für wenige vernünftige Menschen, Hor.: Th. Immo sic homo est perpaucorum hominum (er ist für wenige nur). Gn. Immo nullorum arbitror, si tecum vivit, Ter.: u. im Wortspiel, acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, ist nur für wenige (= macht sich selten, wird selten gefunden, u. = reicht nur für wenige hin), Scip. fr. – monstrum hominis, Ungeheuer von einem Menschen, abscheulicher Mensch, Ter.: so auch odium hominis, verhaßter Mensch, Cic. – tu homo (du Mensch, du Menschenkind) adiges me ad insaniam, Ter. – hominum (von allen Menschenkindern) homo stultissime, Ter.: u. so optimus hominum es homo, Plaut.: hic homost hominum omnium praecipuus, Plaut. – II) insbes.: A) prägn., 1) der Mensch od. Mann als solcher, in seiner äußern od. individuellen Erscheinung, tantundem erat in homine, quantum in ingenio, Sen. exc. contr. 3. praef. § 3. p. 242, 5 K. – 2) der Mensch in bezug auf seine Vorzüge u. Gebrechen, a) ein Mann, Mensch = der die höhern u. gesteigerten Ansprüche an das Wesen eines Menschen befriedigt, eum nihil hominis esse, sei ein Mensch ohne alle höhern Vorzüge, Cic.: hominem ex homine tollere od. exuere, dem Menschen das nehmen, was ihn zum Menschen (von menschlichem Fühlen u. dgl.) macht, Cic.: te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. fr. – dah. besonders ein Mensch, der menschlich fühlt, homo sum (bin ein Mensch, habe ein menschliches Herz, fühle menschlich), nihil humani a me alienum puto, Ter.: si quidem homo esset, menschliche Gefühle hätte, Cic. – und = ein Mann von Verstand, -Wort, -Tatkraft, ein tüchtiger Mann, si homo esses od. esset, Ter. u. Cic. (vgl. Westerh. Ter. adelph. 1, 2, 27): si vis homo esse (ein Mann von Wort), recipe te ad nos, Cic.: homines visi sumus, wir ließen uns als tüchtige Leute sehen, Cic. – b) wie unser Mensch, Menschenkind = fehlendes Wesen, quia homo est, menschlich irrte, Cic.: summi enim sunt, homines tamen, musterhaft sind sie (die Redner) nämlich wohl, aber doch Menschen (u. deshalb nicht ohne Fehler), Quint.: nemo non nostrum peccat, homines sumus (Menschenkinder), non dei, Petron. – c) für freies-, gebildetes Wesen (da Sklaven nur als Sachen galten), hominem inter homines feci, zum Menschen unter Menschen, Petron.: hominem me inter homines esse voluit, ein Mensch unter Menschen, Petron. – d) ultra hominem od. homines, supra homines, über die menschliche Natur hinaus, ultra hominem efferatus, Amm. 27, 12, 11: ultra homines se efferens, Amm. 26, 8, 13; vgl. 31, 10, 19: augendi regni cupiditate supra homines flagrans, Amm. 18, 4, 1. – B) mit Nachdruck statt eines Pronomens = is, hic, ille, wie unser der od. jener Mann (Mensch) = er, dieser, jener, von dem eben die Rede ist, valde hominem diligo, Cic.: nosti os hominis, Cic.; vgl. Halm Cic. Sest. 22. p. 123. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 19. p. 174 sq. Kühner u. Klotz Cic. Tusc. 1, 49. Dietsch u. Kritz Sall. Iug. 70, 5. Bremi Nep. Dat. 10, 3. Fabri Liv. 21, 4, 9. Burmann Phaedr. 2, 5, 19. – dah. auf sich hinweisend: hic homo, der Mann = ich, Komik. u. Hor.; vgl. Wagner Ter. heaut. 356. Fritzsche u. Orelli Hor. sat. 1, 9, 47. – C) der Bursche, Sklave, homo P. Quincti, Cic.: Eros Marci homo, Inscr.: im Plur. = die Leute (Sklaven), arcesse homines, Plaut.: u. = die Angehörigen übh., a tuis hominibus abesse, Cic. – D) Plur. homines = Hausväter, Kolonisten mit ihren Familien, Liv. 34, 45, 1 (vgl. 32, 29, 4, wo dafür familiae). – E) im Ggstz. zur Reiterei homines = Fußgänger, Fußvolk, Caes. b. c. 2, 39, 4. Liv. 22, 52, 4. – F) meton., a) das Erdenleben, die Welt, cum maritus homine discesserit (geschieden ist), Solin. 52, 32. – b) die Mannbarkeit, Zeugungskraft, Mart. 9, 42, 10. – ➳ Archaist. Genet. homenis, Prisc. 6, 15: Dat. homoni, Plaut. trin. 1130 R.²: Akk. homonem, Enn. ann. 138: Genet. Plur. homonum, *Nov. com. 88 R.²: Abl. Plur. homonibus, Plaut. trin. 1018 R.² (s. jedoch W. Müller Plautin. Pros. S. 502. A. 1 u. Nachtr. S. 80 f.). – Genet. Sing. hominus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200. lin. 60 u. 63. – Archaist. Akk. huminem, nach Prisc. 1, 35, hemona nach Paul. ex Fest. 100, 5. – homo ist nirgends gen. fem., sondern steht überall als Gattungsbegriff Mensch im Ggstz. einerseits zur Gottheit, andererseits zum Tier (vgl. Charis. 102, 22), s. Plaut. Amph. 769. Cic. Clu. 199. Sulpic. in Cic. ep. 4, 5, 4. Verg. Aen. 1, 327. Iuven. 6, 284. Vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 897 f.

homo [CL] 1 human being (or either sex), (pl.) mankind; b (dist. from God); c (dist. from non-human). d image of human being. de utriusque sexus ~ine Lib. Monstr. I 1; vita, salus, hominum factor Alcuin SS Ebor 2; Christus ‥ jugum mortis ab ~ine excussit G. Crispin Serm. 2. 16; fit ‥ campanarum mirabilis tinnitus, nullis ~inibus funes trahentibus Ord. Vit. VI p. 12; declinaverunt ~ines a cultu Dei Beleth RDO 55. 60C (v. deviatio c); D. Morley 193 (v. gressibilis b); 1202 appellati de morte ~inis SelPlCrown 13; esui ~inum apta Bart. Angl. XVII 113 (v. holus a); ad formam ~inis que apparet in luna Rob. Angl. (II) 197; ~o est compositus ex vegetativo, sensitivo, et intellectivo Kilwardby OS 199; ~o intelligitur ut animale racionale Duns Ord. I 105; 1319 laborem ad quem ~o nascitur Stat. Sal. 266; in ~ine et aliis animalibus Ockham Sent. I 329; s1348 crevit mortalitas ~inum J. Reading 158b; cum felicitas sit ‥ finis cujuslibet ~inis naturalis Bradw. CD 105B; cum patrem ~inem Christus non habuerat Fortescue NLN II 6.  b Gildas EB (v. 2 fidere d); c792 (v. corona 2e); 867 Deo et ominibus CS 516; G. Steph. I 64 (v. deicus); solus Deus heredem facere potest, non ~o Glanv. VII 1.  c animalia coitu ~inum pulluta occiduntur Theod. Pen. II 11. 9; ut intellegeret non ~inem esse qui sibi apparuisset, sed spiritum Bede HE II 12 p. 109; Lib. Monstr. I 7 (v. hippocentaurus); inclamitans daemones esse et non ~ines Asser Alf. 97; W. Malm. GP V 262 (v. exhibere 3e); hii [sc. incubi] partim habent naturam ~inum, partim angelorum G. Mon. VI 18; statuam ‥ non ~inem R. Bury Phil. 15. 193.  d 1415 Reg. Exon. 413 (v. embroudatus b). 2 man as the highest of God’s creatures, w. characteristics of humanity and civilization. Wulf. Æthelwold 39 (v. efficere 3b); cum ‥ sitis ~ines, habetote vos ut ~ines G. Mon. VI 2; non homines, hominum sunt umbre quos habet orbis / brutescens vitiis J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1777; D. Bec. 1658 (v. 1 eclipsis b); R. Marston QD 159 (v. hebes 2a). 3 man as mere mortal, a frail or sinful creature. b (as abstr. w. the same implications); c (in phr. w. vbs. of ending, shedding, or sim., w. ref. to death). homo se supra ~inem fieri opinatur cum istorum assecutus est disciplinam J. Sal. Pol. 475B; c1210 trans hominem / induens fortitudinem (In Episcopos 7) Pol. Songs 7; W. Burley Vit. Phil. 110 (v. heroicus 1a); J. Bury Glad. Sal. 87 p. 607 (v. harundineus b).  b ut ~inem dediscat P. Blois Ep. 7. 20A.  c RegulC 60 (v. eximere 3b); finit ~inem Herm. Arch. 22 (v. declinis 2b); Lib. Eli. II 11; W. Jum. V 9 (v. 2 exuere 2b); Ord. Vit. XIII 19 (v. 2 excedere 2c). 4 (primus ~o) Adam, the first human being. dum primus pulchro fuerat homo / pulsus ab horto Alcuin Carm. 69. 1; si non pecasset ~o Anselm (CurD II 3) II 98; primus ~o Adam factus est a primis elementis Quaest. Salern. B 216. 5 (theol.): a (w. ref. to Christ’s incarnation); b (attrib. or in comp. w. Deus). c (in comp. w. Filius, Pater, etc., w. ref. to the persons of the Trinity). d (vetus ~o, novus ~o, cf.Col. iii 9, etc.). a nascitur humana celsus de carne Creator / ut homo per hominem scandat ad astra Deum Alcuin Carm. 117. 2; s1081 anno millesimo octogesimo primo Dominici hominis [sic MS] Herm. Arch. 28; Anselm (CurD I 8) II 59 (v. deus 3a); fuerunt heretici qui docerent Christum esse purum hominem et non Deum R. Niger Chr. I 27; Pull. Sent. 787A (v. essentialiter 1a); J. Cornw. Eul. 8–9 (v. homousios).  b mediator homo Deus unus Christus Alcuin CR 905; per te vivit homo reus, / quem audivit homo Deus Edmund BVM 1. 4; descendit justicia a Deo per Christum, hominem-Deum Gros. Cess. Leg. III 1 p. 124 (cf. ib. p. 123: Filius viz. Deus-homo).  c sicut iste homo, demonstrato Filio-homine, est Filius naturalis Dei Patris; sic, si Pater esset homo, iste homo, demonstrato Patre-homine, esset Pater naturalis Dei Filii Gros. Cess. Leg. III 5 p. 146; Spiritus Sanctus-homo Ib. p. 147.  d veterem exuit ~inem; cilicium et monachum induit, carnem crucifigens cum vitiis et concupiscentiis suis J. Sal. Thom. 11; H. Bos. Thom. III 6 (v. expellere 1a); ad ejus [S. Oswaldi] motionem, veteris ~inis depositis exuviis, ovilis illius gregi sociatus ‥ ibidem ‥ est relictus Chr. Rams. 25; ut novum induens ~inem P. Blois Ep. 15. 52A. 6 (individual) person, (pl.) people. b (pron. use) he, the person in question. lacerans homines trux detractio linguae Aldh. VirgV 2729; c780 (12c) omnem ‥ ~inem ‥ qui sub Christiana religione vitae caelestis praemia consequi desiderat CS 260; 945 (13c) [dabuntur] Leofrune ‥ apud Westune duo ~ines et octo boves CS 812; 10‥ beatus sit omo qui orat pro anima ejus AS Inscr. 111; ibi habet rex lxiij burgenses ‥ et ‥ burgenses aliorum ~inum reddunt ibi ix sol. DB I 87rb; omnem recordationem dominice regis curie non potest ~o contradicere (Leg. Hen. 49. 4) GAS 572; multis modis potest ~o weram suam forisfacere (Ib. 87. 6a) Ib. 602; heliotropia ‥ inem ‥ reddit invisibilem Gerv. Tilb. III 28; ~ines ante tempus fetus colligere cupientes abhortivos genuerunt M. Scot Sol 720; 1313 cum ‥ ~inibus utriusque sexus RGasc IV 851; color ~inis sincopizantis Gad. 73. 2; 1371 ~inibus transeuntibus per pedes Pub. Works II 53; 1431 ~inibus de ‥ lollardia suspectis Lit. Cant. III 157.  b W. Malm. GP II 74 (v. abecedarium b); antequam annus volveretur prefatus ~o vita privatur Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 71; in ‥ situla positus ~o ‥ descendere cepit Mir. Hen. VI III 104. 7 (~o exterior, ~o interior) the outer or inner person. b (~o mundanus) body, corpse. Aldh. VirgP 3, etc. (v. exterior 4c); ornetur ‥ virginitatis integritas non exterioris ~inis ‥ venustate sed interioris ‥ caritate Ib. 55; c717 caritatis tuae copulam, fateor, ast dum per interiorem ~inem gustavi ‥ (Ecgburg) Ep. Bonif. 13; dum ‥ tota vigilantia interioris ~inis profectum adquirerent neque eos ‥ loci asperitas deterreret ‥ Ord. Vit. VI 9 p. 57; Gir. EH II 11 (v. beare 1); importunitas ‥ occupationum mearum ‥ indies ad vexationem intolerabilem utriusque ~inis succrescentium Ad. Marsh Ep. 52.  b in ea parte crypte ubi beati Thome repositus erat mundanus ~o W. Fitzst. Thom. 154. 8 (individual) man, male person. de adulterio ‥ per totum Chenth habet rex ~inem et archiepiscopus mulierem DB I 1rb; uxor istius ~inis DB II 313 (v. commendatio 3); 12‥ warrantizabimus ‥ terram contra omnes ~ines et feminas Eccleston Adv. Min. app. 157; alii sunt ~ines, alii femine Bracton 5 (v. hermaphroditus); AncrR 127 (v. erubescere 2a); 1356 dixerunt quod ipsi scirent dicere unicuicumque ~ini et mulieri que ‥ fortune sibi advenirent SelCKB VI 105. 9 (w. adj., gen., or sim.) person, usu. male, of spec. description; b (w. ref. to class or status, incl. man. & leg.); c (w. ref. to place or membership of group); d (w. ref. to relig. movement or order); e (w. de lege, legis) lawman or man of law. videbam ‥ quantum securitatis ~inibus nostri temporis ‥ increverat Gildas EB 1; Bede HE I 14 (v. corrumpere 2d); tantis ‥ bonis que premia reddet homonis / paupertas miseri? R. Cant. Malch. V 435; inter silvestres ubi pauper mansit homones (Vers.) Ord. Vit. VI 10 p. 114; stultum ~inem Gir. Symb. 31 p. 314; dicuntur ficarii ~ines silvani de ficubus viventes Bart. Angl. XVIII 51; 1248 vidit ‥ ~ines equites et ‥ ~ines pedites SelPlForest 76; 1319 robustos corpore ‥ in delicato otio sibi victum querere ‥ eligentes, qui ‥ quandoque ludorum ~ines ‥ nuncupantur Stat. Sal. 266; discretus ~o Gower VC III 201 (v. discretio 5a); dominus G. L., jucundus ~o Ferr. Kinloss 38.  b 821 (v. habere 1f); quidam liber ~o hanc terram tenens DB I 36ra (cf. DB II 278: medietatem j liberi ~inis); viij ~ines consuetudinarios DB II 215; ~ines bordarii DB II 290; liberalis ~inis qui habet consuetudines suas (Inst. Cnuti) GAS 359; mediocris ~inis (Ib.) Ib.; meliorum ~inum presencia (Leg. Hen. 7, 8) Ib. 554; 1130 vicecomes debet xl s. de minutis ~inibus pro defectu hundredorum Pipe 151; c1152 juramento antiquorum ~inum Act. Hen. II I 40; a1153 probis ~inibus Rothomagensibus Ib. 47; a1159 legales ~ines (v. halimotum); c1210 tradat illi libera arma, sc. lanceam et gladium; deinde liber ~o efficitur (Leg. Will. retr.) GAS 491; 1220 (v. emendatio 4a); c1228 cum antiquis ~inibus patrie Feod. Durh. 258; 1234 hii sunt redditus ‥ de ~inibus servis tenentibus integras virgatas terre Cust. Glast. 115; liber ~o, tam masculus quam femina Bracton 78b; Fleta 62 (v. astrarius b); 1297 quod nullus ‥ teneat ~ines ociosos pures ‥ quam ‥ StatIr I 202; 1356 ociosis ~inibus (v. glanator); 1364 probos ~ines (v. essaiare 1d); nativos ~ines Reg. Moray 161 (v. deliberare 3a).  c a quodam suae propriae gentis ~ine constuprata Asser Alf. 15; sine testimonio ~inis hundredi [AS: hundredesmanna] vel ~inum decime [AS: teoðingmannes] (Quad.) GAS 192; decimales ~ines (Ib.) Ib. 261; landman (id est ~o patrie) (Ib.) Ib. 377; a1128 ~ines ville Chr. Peterb. app. 158 (v. 1 chevagium 1a); 1130 de ~inibus comitatus Pipe 48; omnes ~ines London’ (Ch. Hen. I) GAS 525; 1199 ~ines de Sutton CurR RC II 150; 1227 ~inibus de Yvelcester LTR Mem 9 m. 4; 1239 cum ~inibus visneti SelPlForest 69; 1285 ~ines ‥ a civitate Caturci RGasc II 262; 1293 ~ines hundredi de Eyhorn’ Pub. Works I 199; ~ines de halmoto MGL I 343; 1318 per ~ines Alemannie MGL I 20; 1362 ~ines Wallenses (v. 11d infra).  d s1176 etc. (v. bonus 6); 1202 (v. dimissio 6a); 1375 ~inibus de domo Dei Ac. Durh. 46 (cf. ib. 218: ~inibus de hospitalibus de W.).  e xij lahmen (id est legis ~ines) debent rectum discernere (Quad.) GAS 377; 1351 verberaverunt ‥ ~inem legis qui secutus fuit negocia magistrorum suorum SelCKB VI 76; 1384 quod nullus ~o de lege sit ‥ justiciarius in propria patria sua StRealm II 36. 10 (~o Dei, equiv. of vir Dei) man of God, saint. b (as surname repr. Hommedeu). ~o Dei V. Cuthb. II 5; si ~o Dei est, sequimini illum Bede HE II 2; s1184 (v. discrete 2); Mir. Hen. VI I 23 (v. discaligatus).  b 1149 testibus ‥ Giselberto filio ~inis Dei Cart. Osney IV 28. 11 (mil.): a (w. armatus, ad arma, or sim.) manat-arms, soldier; b (~o defensabilis); c (dist. as eques or pedes); d (dist. by weapon used). a 1198 cum ‥ ~inibus ‥ armatis CurR I 63 (v. 2 arma 1a); 1297 ~inum ‥ ad arma RGasc III 272; s1325 cum ‥ duce ~inum armorum Avesb. 77b; s1343 ~ines armorum (v. 2 arma 2d); 1332 etc. (v. arraiatio 1a); Gad. 122v. 1 (v. armare 2a); 1373 etc. (v. demonstratio 1e); 1587 tam ~ines ad arma ac ~ines armatos quam alios equites et pedites defensibiles Pat 1320 m. 7d..  b 1309 etc. (v. defensabilis 1a).  c 1303 Robertus gratis venit versus Scociam pro guerra tanquam ~o eques PlRCP 145 m. 318d.; ~o pedes Ib..  d 1236 per serjantiam inveniendi ‥ unum ~inem ad gleyve in exercitu Wallie Fees 590; 1362 cc homines Wallenses, quorum una medietas sit de ~inibus ad lanceas et altera ‥ de sagittariis Pat 265 m. 31. 12 servant, retainer. b (work)man assigned to spec. task. filium aut ‥ propinquum suum vel ‥ suum proprium ~inem, liberum vel servum Asser Alf. 106; 958 (12c) ego Eadþig rex ‥ cuidam meo fideli ~ine ‥ modicam partem terrae ‥ concedo CS 1027; 969 (11c) dedi cuidam meo ~ini ‥ ij mansas CS 1231; 1217 in eundo ‥ usque S. cum ~inibus suis, equis et harnesio suo Pat 45; 1220 obviavit eis ‥ Gaufridus H. ~o ‥ Matillidis; et ipsi interrogaverunt cujus ~o esset; et ‥ respondit quod fuit ~o ‥ Johannis de M. et debuit ire ad domum de S. propter ‥ ij lintheamina CurR IX 66; c1228 ij ~inibus episcopi Feod. Durh. 250; 1231 catalla ‥ Hugo ‥ ~o suus furatus est Cl 555; 1238 (v. hamsocna a); 1334 dona data ~inibus regis et regina pro bladis et fenis salvandis Ac. Durh. 524; 1376 pro ~inibus curie ‥ prioris potantibus apud Chester Ib. 583.  b Ord. Vit. IX 3 (v. herciare 1a); 1213 magna custodia debet invenire xij ~ines, sed ‥ abbreviata est usque ad viij ~ines Comm. Lond. 255; 1281 xij d. Robertus messor in misericordia quia sinuit ~ines metere male bladum domini CourtR A. Stratton 66; 1284 (v. hercia 1e); c1311 j ~inem ‥ ad herciandum Cust. Battle 150; 1375 (v. bederipa); c1410 (v. 1 haia 1b). 13 (w. possess. adj. or gen., feud.) a lord’s man, feudal vassal or tenant; b (w. ref. to woman); c (w. ligius). d (recipere in or ad ~inem) to receive as vassal. fuit ~o Edmeratorii, sed potuit ire ad quemlibet dominum cum ista terra Dom. Exon. 215; DB I 1 (v. dominus 3a); DB II 109, etc. (v. dominicus 2b); de istis ~inibus xxxvj erant ita dominice regis E. ut non possent esse ~ines cujuslibet sine licentia regis; alii omnes poterant esse ~ines cujuslibet DB I 119; in Rokelunda j integer liber et ii dim. ~ines Godwini DB I 176b (cf. (v. dimidius 1b)); a1087 sit vobis notum ‥ Petrum ‥ regis militem S. Ædmundi et B. abbatis manibus junctis fore feodalem ~inem, regis licentia et monachorum concessu ‥ salva regis fidelitate (Ch.) EHR XLII 247; a1113 ego ‥ N. ‥ abbas Bertonie dedi ‥ terram de A. Orme, hac conventione ut unoque anno nobis xx oras persolvat et perinde factus est ~o noster supra quatuor evangelista [sic] jurando se fidelitatem servaturus Cart. Burton 30; omni domino jure licet ~inibus suis defendere ne sibi faciant injuriam (Leg. Hen. 59. 12) GAS 579; si coagentes sint ~ines unius domini ‥ (Ib. 60. 2a) Ib. 580; Eadmer HN pref. 2 (v. episcopatus 1a); [Heraldus] ~o ejus factus, omnia que ab illo requisita fuerant super ‥ reliquias juraverat Ord. Vit. III 11 p. 117; nullus presbyter efficiatur ~o laici, quia indignum est ut manus Deo consecrate mittantur inter manus non consecrates: quia est aut homicida aut adulter ‥; sed si feudum a laico sacerdos tenuerit ‥ talem faciat ei fidelitatem quod securus sit (Decr. Synod.) Ib. IX 3 p. 471; 1158 ego rex Henricus assecurabo regi Francorum sicut domino vitam suam ‥ si mihi assecuraverit sicut ~ini suo vitam meam ‥ et terras meas quas mihi conventionavit de quibus ~o suus sum Act. Hen. II I 195; Glanv. IX 1, etc. (v. homagium 1a); a1200 ego ‥ recepi homagium ‥ Willelmi et ipse inde est ~o meus et heredum meorum et heredes sui erunt inde ~ines mei et heredum meorum sicut de feudo et hereditate per servitium predictum et libertatem omnem Ch. Derb 2621; vel Judei debent esse ~ines S. Edmundi vel de villa sunt ejiciendi Brakelond 133; avus suus rex David ‥ fuerat ~o veteris Henrici regis ‥ Beauclerk Fordun Cont. VIII 2; G. S. Alb. II 395 (v. homagiarius b).  b hanc terram tenuit Elueua, ~o Aschil’, et cui voluit dare potuit DB I 212; uxor istius hominis fuit ~o Stigandi archiepiscopi DB II 313 (v. commendatio 3).  c si homo de pluribus dominis et honoribus teneat, quantumcumque de aliis habeat, ei plus debet et ejus residens per judicium erit cujus ~o ligius erit (Leg. Hen. 55. 2) GAS 575; c1125 concedimus huic Fromundo ligio ~ini nostro parum terre in Burtona Cart. Burton 31; 1144 pro hiis supradictis devenit ~o noster ligius contra omnes homines Regesta III 111; 1153 de ligiis ~inibus comitis de Warennia Ib. 272; 1190 Willelmus [rex Scotie] ~o legius noster devenit pro omnibus terris suis in Anglia de quibus antecessorum nostrorum antecessores sui †legishomines fuerunt Fordun GA 20 p. 273; ~o legeus Ad. Usk 65 (v. deventio b); 1397 (v. homagialis b).  d hoc emendet qui eum ad ~inem receperit [AS: se ne to men onfo] (Quad.) GAS 71; abbas ‥ Picotum in ~inem, id est homagium suscepit, eo tenore ut militis j servitium ab eo ‥ inde exhiberet Chr. Abingd. II 35. 14 ‘man’, piece in board-game. Ludus Angl. 161 (v. ducere 1d). 15 (astr.) Saturn. sit ‥ ~o in Aquario Bacon V 162; ut sit inclinatio ad Jovem et illuminatio ad ~inem Ib. 163.

hŏmō, (4) ĭnis, m. (anc. lat. hemo, cf. nemo ), ¶ 1 homme : animal... quem vocamus hominem Cic. Leg. 1, 22, lʼanimal... que nous appelons lʼhomme ; amicitia nihil melius homini est datum Cic. Læl. 20, rien nʼa été donné à lʼhomme de meilleur que lʼamitié ; homines, les hommes ; genus hominum Cic. de Or. 1, 36, etc., le genre humain ; homo Romanus, homines Romani Cic. de Or. 1, 231 ; Pomp. 41, un Romain, des Romains ; Græci homines Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, des Grecs ; inter homines esse Cic. Tusc. 1, 32 (agere Tac. Ann. 15, 74 ), être parmi les hommes = vivre ; inter homines esse Cic. Amer. 76 ; vivre au milieu des hommes (dans la société, le monde) || paucorum hominum esse, fréquenter un petit nombre dʼhommes seulement, nʼêtre pas accessible à tout le monde, cf. Ter. Eun. 409 ; Hor. S. 1, 9, 44 ; accipenser iste paucorum hominum est Cic. d. Macr. Sat. 2, 12, cet esturgeon nʼest pas fait pour tout le monde || monstrum hominis Ter. Eun. 696 ; flagitium hominis Pl. Cas. 151, monstre, scandale dʼhomme || servus homo Pl. Epid. 60 ; 328, un homme qui est esclave, cf. Ter. Phorm. 62 ; oculi hominis histrionis Cic. de Or. 2, 193, les yeux de lʼacteur ; homo nemo Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1, etc., personne || [apposition] : dicit causam Heraclius Segestanus, homo domi suæ nobilissimo loco natus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 111, est cité en justice Héraclius de Ségeste, homme de la plus haute naissance dans sa patrie ; homo audacissimus Catilina Cic. Or. 129, le plus audacieux des hommes, Catilina || opposé à vir : Catonem, magnum mehercule hominem, vel potius summum et singularem virum Cic. Br. 293, Caton, un grand homme, par Hercule, ou mieux une personnalité supérieure et unique ; cervices præstantissimus vir profligatissimo homini daret ? Cic. Sest. 89, fallait-il quʼun homme si éminent présentât la gorge à un être si déchu ? virum te putabo, si Sallusti Empedoclea legeris, hominem non putabo Cic. Q. 2, 9, 3, tu seras un homme (un héros) à mon avis, si tu lis lʼEmpédocle [trad. dʼEmpédocle] de Sallustius, un simple mortel, non ¶ 2 homme, celui qui en a les qualités : hominem ex homine tollere Cic. Off. 3, 26 (exuere Cic. Fin. 5, 35 ), ôter à lʼhomme ce qui constitue lʼhomme, le dépouiller de lʼhumanité ; homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto Ter. Haut. 77, je suis homme, je pense que rien de ce qui concerne les hommes ne mʼest étranger ; Socrates Alcibiadi persuaserat eum nihil hominis esse Cic. Tusc. 3, 77, Socrate avait convaincu Alcibiade quʼil nʼavait rien de lʼhomme || si homo esset Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2, si cʼétait un homme, sʼil avait du sens, cf. Ter. Ad. 107 ; Hec. 214, etc. ; homines visi sumus Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2, jʼai montré que jʼétais un homme, que je savais vivre ; si vis homo esse Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2, si tu veux être un homme, digne de ce nom || homme, qui en a les imperfections : summi sunt, homines tamen Quint. 10, 1, 25, ils sont éminents, mais des hommes pourtant, cf. Petr. 75, 1 ; 130, 1 ; Sulp. Ruf. d. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4 ¶ 3 cet homme, notre homme [homo remplaçant un démonstratif] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11 ; 4, 40 ; 5, 141, etc. || videte hominis amentiam Cic. Domo 40, voyez la folie de lʼindividu, du personnage, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66 || homo doctus Cic. Sest. 22, cet homme instruit, notre savant || hic homo = ego, v. hic ¶ 4 homme = esclave : homo P. Quincti Cic. Quinct. 61, un homme appartenant à P. Quinctius ¶ 5 homines, comme le français « âmes » : coloniæ civium Romanorum deductæ sunt... treceni homines in singulas Liv. 34, 45, 1, on conduisit des colonies de citoyens romains... à raison de trois cents âmes chacune || homines, fantassins, opp. à cavaliers : Cæs. C. 2, 39, 4 ; Liv. 22, 52, 4.

➳ formes arch. homonis, homonem Prisc. Gramm. 6, 15 ; Enn. Ann. 138 ; hemonem P. Fest. 100, 5.

homo , inis. m. f.
人。— es 汝宜大胆。 — nata erat 從有死之女而生者。— meus 吾僕。 Magnus homo 超卓之人。英偉。 Est hominum paucorum 少來往之人。Flagitium hominis 人中醜類。Quid hominis es? 汝何人斯。 Homonis pro Hominis.

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• a human being, man, person: Monstrum hominis, T.: grandior, T.: doctrinā eruditus: hominum homo stultissime, T.: genus hominum: more hominum evenit, ut, etc., as usual, T.: homo'st Perpaucorum hominum, associates, T.: cum inter homines esset, was alive: qui numquam inter homines fuerit, saw the world: nec vox hominem sonat, i. e. mortal, V.: ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit: Quae (Io) bos ex homine est, O.: dic ipsa, ‘homo sum,’Iu.— Collect., man, the human race, mankind: quā haud scio ad quidquam melius sit homini datum.— Pleonast., in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc., fellow, T.: tu homo adigis me ad insaniam, T.— In apposition: filius homo adulescens, T.: servom hominem, T.: oculi hominis histrionis.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.: Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto, T.—A man, reasonable creature, lord of creation: si homo esset, eum potius legeret: nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit: homines visi sumus: si esses homo, if you had a man's sense, T.: nihil hominis esse, nothing of a man.—A man, servant: homo P. Quincti, Quintus's man.—Plur., foot-soldiers, infantry (opp. cavalry): homines equitesque, Cs.—Plur, bodies, corpses: cumulos hominum urebant, L.—The man, fellow, creature, he, this one (colloq. for a prondem.): ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut, etc., T.: itast homo, T.: venas hominis incidere: persuasit homini, N.