(adverb) : hŭmus, i (archaic form of the
* Abl. sing. humu, Varr. ap. Non. 488, 6 and 48, 26), f. (archaic masc. humum humidum pedibus fodit, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 719 P.: humidum humum, Gracch. ib.) [from the prim. form XAM, whence χăμαί, χăμόθεν, χăμαλός, Lat. humilis; kindr. with Sanscr. Xám, earth; Gr. χθών], the earth, the ground, the soil.
* Lit. (class.; cf.: terra, solum, tellus): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, coronis languidulis et spinis coöperta piscium, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Gall. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66 (ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 454); cf.: omnia constrata telis, armis, cadaveribus et inter ea humus infecta sanguine,Sall. J. 101 fin.: subacta atque pura,Cic. de Sen. 17, 59: cubitis pinsibant humum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll. (Trag. v. 435 Vahl.); cf.: procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit. bit the ground and died (cf. the Homer. ὀδὰξ ἑλεῖν γαῖαν), Verg. A. 11, 418: calcibus atram Tundit humum exspirans,id. ib. 10, 731; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 112: pede candido In morem Salium ter quatient humum,Hor. C. 4, 1, 28: Acestes aequaevum ab humo attollit amicum,Verg. A. 5, 452: sedit humo,Ov. M. 4, 261: ipse feraces Figat humo plantas,Verg. G. 4, 115; cf.: semina spargere humo,Ov. M. 5, 647: surgit humo,id. F. 6, 735; cf.: nec se movit humo,id. M. 4, 264: dejectoque in humum vultu,id. ib. 6, 607: propter humum volitat,id. ib. 8, 258: humi atque ipsius stirpis laetitia,Col. 4, 24, 4; cf.: quis cibus erat caro ferina atque humi pabulum uti pecoribus,Sall. J. 18, 1: ii, quos humus injecta contegeret (shortly afterwards, gleba),Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57: quae (genera arborum) humi arido atque arenoso gignuntur,Sall. J. 48, 3 Kritz N. cr.—Poet., as a fig. for what is low, mean, common: sermones repentes per humum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251; cf.: ne, dum vitat humum, nubes et inania captet,id. A. P. 230: ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,id. ib. 110; v. also under : affigit humo divinae particulam aurae,id. S. 2, 2, 79.
* Transf., in gen., like solum, land, country, region: Punica nec Teucris pressa fuisset humus,Ov. H. 7, 140: Aonia,id. F. 1, 490: Illyrica,id. Med. Fac. 74: Pontica,id. P. 3, 5, 56.
* Adverbial form humi, like χαμαί, on the ground or to the ground: jacere humi,Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: requiescere,Sall. J. 85, 33: strati,Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; cf.: serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,Hor. A. P. 28: quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?fixed on the ground,Cic. Rep. 6, 17: locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,Sall. C. 55, 3: quot humi morientia corpora fundis?Verg. A. 11, 665: spargere humi dentes,Ov. M. 3, 105; cf.: hunc stravit humi,id. ib. 12, 255: tremens procumbit humi bos,Verg. A. 5, 481: volvitur ille excussus humi,id. ib. 11, 640; cf.: projectum humi jugulavit,Tac. H. 2, 64: stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos,Juv. 8, 78.

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