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|lnetxt=humilitas humilitatis N F :: insignificance/unimportance/degradation/debasement/humiliation; commonplaceness<br />humilitas humilitas humilitatis N F :: lowness (position/rank); shortness; humbleness; submissiveness; humility (Bee)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>hŭmĭlĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[humilis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[lowness]] (acc. to [[humilis]], I.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In eccl. Lat., in a [[good]] [[sense]], opp. to [[pride]], [[lowness]], [[humility]], Lact. 5, 15; Sulp. Sever. Vit. S. Mart. 2 fin. et saep.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>hŭmĭlĭtās</b>,¹¹ ātis, f. ([[humilis]]),<br /><b>1</b> peu d’élévation, bassesse : navium Cæs. G. 5, 1, 3, le peu d’élévation des navires ; aliorum animalium Cic. Nat. 2, 122, petite taille des autres animaux ; quanta humilitate [[luna]] fertur ? Cic. Div. 2, 91, combien la lune se meut à une faible élévation<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] état humble, [[modeste]] : alicujus humilitatem despicere Cic. Phil. 13, 23, mépriser la naissance [[obscure]] de qqn, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 29 ; Off. 3, 45 &#124;&#124; faiblesse, faible puissance : Cæs. G. 5, 27, 4 &#124;&#124; humilité, abaissement, abattement : Cic. Tusc. 3, 27 ; Inv. 1, 109 &#124;&#124; abjection, platitude, caractère rampant : Cic. de Or. 1, 228.||faiblesse, faible puissance : Cæs. G. 5, 27, 4||humilité, abaissement, abattement : Cic. Tusc. 3, 27 ; Inv. 1, 109||abjection, platitude, caractère rampant : Cic. de Or. 1, 228.
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{{Georges
|georg=humilitās, ātis, f. ([[humilis]]), I) die [[Niedrigkeit]] im Ggstz. zur [[Höhe]], arborum, Sall.: [[navium]], Caes.: animalium, kleine [[Statur]], Cic.: siderum, [[niedere]] [[Stand]], Cic. – meton., die [[Niederung]], cum [[supra]] saxa perpetua sint, [[infra]] [[humilitas]] pruinosa, Eumen. grat. act. 6, 8. – II) übtr.: A) die [[Niedrigkeit]] [[des]] Standes, generis, Sall.: natalium, Plin.: alcis humilitatem despicere, jmds. niedrigen [[Ursprung]] [[verachten]], Cic. – die [[Schwäche]] [[des]] Ansehens, der [[Macht]], die Unbedeutendheit, geringe [[Macht]], [[Ohnmacht]], Erniedrigung, Caes. u.a.: Ggstz. [[amplitudo]], Quint. – v. Dingen = die Geringfügigteit, h. rerum, Plin. – B) (= [[ταπείνωσις]]) v. der Gemütsstimmung: a) die [[Niedergeschlagenheit]], Verzagtheit, habet humilitatem [[metus]], [[etwas]] Niederdrückendes, Cic. Tusc. 3, 27. – b) das gedrückte, unterwürfige, demütige [[Wesen]], die Gedrücktheit, die scheinbare [[Demut]] (Ggstz. [[magnificentia]], [[arrogantia]], [[superbia]]), [[saepe]] [[magnificentia]] [[plus]] proficit [[quam]] [[humilitas]] et [[obsecratio]], Cic.: et [[deiecto]] (capite) [[humilitas]] et [[supino]] [[arrogantia]] ostenditur, Quint.: causam dicentium, Liv.: asinorum, Plin. – [[als]] [[Tugend]], [[Demut]], animi, Lact.: alcis, Sulpic. Sev.
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