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hŭmĭlĭtas , ātis, f. humilis,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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