(adj.adv.) : hŭmĭlis, e, adj.humus; like χαμαλός from χαμαί, on the ground, i. e.
* Low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
* Lit.: arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.: turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.: humilior munitio,id. ib. 3, 63, 2: (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,id. B. G. 5, 1, 2: humiles habitare casas,Verg. E. 2, 29: domus,Hor. C. 3, 1, 22: postes,Ov. M. 8, 639: arcus,id. ib. 3, 30: arae,Val. Fl. 3, 426: virgas humilis mordere salicti,Juv. 11, 67: Forentum,low, situated in the plain,Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so, Myconos,Ov. M. 7, 463: Italia,Verg. A. 3, 522: humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,Just. 2, 1 med.: avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,flies low,Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.: decisis humilis pennis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50: potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,small, diminutive,Sen. Ep. 66: brevi atque humili corpore homines,Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4: humiles Cleonae,little, petty,Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. πόλις οὐ μεγάλη): Troja,id. ib. 15, 424: ipse humili designat moenia fossa,i. e. slight, shallow,Verg. A. 7, 157; so, fossa,Tac. A. 1, 61; cf. radix,Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
* Trop.
* As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.: supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,Cic. Lael. 17, 90: humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95: humillimus homo de plebe,Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.: humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121: ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3: humiliores, opp. opulentiores,Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.: hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1: satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,Liv. 3, 53, 9: junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,of the servants,Ov. A. A. 2, 254: civitas ignobilis atque humilis,Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1: humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,Cic. Lael. 9, 29: Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1: qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.: nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,id. Fin. 5, 20, 57: aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,id. Arch. 5, 10: humiles et sordidae curae,Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3: rei pictor,Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.; Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,Nep. Ages. 8: agna,poor, humble,Hor. C. 2, 17, 32: fortuna,Juv. 6, 287: domus,id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station: ex humili potens,Hor. C. 3, 30, 12: quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,Juv. 3, 39.— Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.
* Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196: sermo,Hor. A. P. 229; cf.: neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,Cic. Or. 57, 192: verbum,id. Brut. 79, 274: humilia et vulgaria verba,Quint. 10, 1, 9: translatio,id. 8, 6, 5: si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,id. 8, 3, 60: quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,id. 8, 3, 18: humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,id. 11, 1, 6: of the author himself: Macer ... humilis,i. e. commonplace,id. 10, 1, 87: nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.
* Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject: qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82: ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!id. Att. 2, 21, 3: humillimus assentator,Vell. 2, 83, 1: neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,Quint. 11, 1, 13: privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,Hor. C. 1, 37, 32: succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: animi,Lucr. 6, 52: si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.: fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,id. Planc. 20, 50: humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,Verg. G. 1, 331; cf. metus,Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
* Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare): in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,Pall. 3, 13, 3: eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,very deeply,Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1.
* Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.): non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,Liv. 24, 25, 8: servire alicui,id. 45, 32, 5: audacter territas, humiliter placas,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,Sen. Ep. 120 med.

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