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  • 1 humilitās

        humilitās ātis, f    [humilis], lowness, small stature, depression: (navium), Cs.: arborum, S.: quantā humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens.—Fig., lowness, meanness, insignificance: obicere humilitatem alcui, L.: ex humilitate suā, Cs.: generis, S.— Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness: habet humilitatem metus; opp. adrogantia, Cs.: causam dicentium, L.
    * * *
    insignificance/unimportance/degradation/debasement/humiliation; commonplaceness; lowness (position/rank); shortness; humbleness; submissiveness; humility (Bee)

    Latin-English dictionary > humilitās

  • 2 humilitas

    hŭmĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [humilis], lowness (acc. to humilis, I.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    naves omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat (shortly before: naves paulo facit humiliores),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:

    arborum,

    Sall. J. 49, 5:

    aliorum animalium ea est humilitas, ut cibum terrestrem rostris facile contingant,

    low stature, Cic. N. D. 2 47, 122:

    sidera multum inter se aut altitudine aut humilitate distantia,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    quanta humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens,

    id. Div. 2, 43, 91.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of rank, birth, or influence, lowness, meanness, insignificance: malorum turba quaedam, paupertas, ignobilitas, humilitas, solitudo, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

    propter humilitatem et obscuritatem,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    humilitatem cum dignitate contendere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

    alicujus despicere,

    id. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

    obicere humilitatem alicui,

    Liv. 26, 31, 4:

    ex humilitate sua,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 25:

    infima natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    generis,

    Sall. J. 73, 4:

    generis ac nominis,

    Suet. Vesp. 4:

    obliterata quoque scrutabimur, nec deterrebit quarundam rerum humilitas,

    Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 7.—
    B.
    Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness:

    habet levitatem laetitia gestiens, humilitatem metus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    et dejecto (capite) humilitas et supino arrogantia ostenditur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 69; so,

    opp. arrogantia,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 5:

    saepe virtus et magnificentia plus proficit ad misericordiam commovendam quam humilitas et obsecratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 56, 109:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    asinorum,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180.—
    2.
    In eccl. Lat., in a good sense, opp. to pride, lowness, humility, Lact. 5, 15; Sulp. Sever. Vit. S. Mart. 2 fin. et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > humilitas

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  • abjectness — abject ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely unpleasant and degrading: abject poverty. 2) completely without pride or dignity: an abject apology. DERIVATIVES abjection noun abjectly adverb abjectness noun. ORIGIN Latin abjectus rejected , from jacere to throw …   English terms dictionary

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  • abjectness — noun The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility …   Wiktionary

  • abjectness — æb dÊ’ektnɪs n. humiliation, wretchedness …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • abjectness — n 1. humbleness, poorness, beggarliness, paltriness, patheticalness, pitifulness, pitiableness; shabbiness, shoddiness, dirtiness, scrubbiness, scruffiness, scurviness; miserableness, squalidness, starkness, hopelessness, oppressiveness;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • abjectness — ab·ject·ness …   English syllables

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