humilitas

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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.

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