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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
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|lshtext=<b>hŭmĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[humus]]; [[like]] [[χαμαλός]] from [[χαμαί]], on the [[ground]], i. e.,<br /><b>I</b> [[low]], [[lowly]], [[small]], [[slight]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</b> 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]].<br /> <b>1</b> 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. —<br /> <b>2</b> 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.> | |lshtext=<b>hŭmĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[humus]]; [[like]] [[χαμαλός]] from [[χαμαί]], on the [[ground]], i. e.,<br /><b>I</b> [[low]], [[lowly]], [[small]], [[slight]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</b> 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]].<br /> <b>1</b> 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. —<br /> <b>2</b> 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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|gf=<b>hŭmĭlis</b>,⁸ e ([[humus]]),<br /><b>1</b> bas, près du [[sol]], peu élevé : ea quæ sunt humiliora [[neque]] se tollere a [[terra]] altius possunt Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, les plantes un peu basses et qui ne peuvent s’élever sensiblement au-dessus du [[sol]] ; [[turris]] [[humilis]] et parva Cæs. C. 2, 8, 1, une tour basse et petite ; [[humilis]] volat Virg. En. 4, 255, il vole en rasant le [[sol]] ; [[brevi]] [[atque]] humili corpore homines Gell. 19, 13, 3, hommes de taille courte et rapetissée<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] humble : homines humiliores Cic. Br. 62, des [[gens]] de [[plus]] basse naissance ; parentes humiles Cic. Læl. 70, parents obscurs, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 88 ; [[civitas]] [[ignobilis]] [[atque]] [[humilis]] Cæs. G. 5, 28, 1, cité [[obscure]] et [[modeste]] ; ex humili [[loco]] ad summam dignitatem perducere aliquem Cæs. G. 7, 39, 1, amener qqn de la situation la [[plus]] basse à la [[plus]] haute dignité || faible : potentiores humiliores expellunt Cæs. G. 6, 22, 4, les [[plus]] puissants chassent les [[plus]] faibles, cf. Cæs. G. 7, 54, 4, etc. || de caractère humble, effacé, [[modeste]] : ut [[ille]] [[humilis]], ut [[demissus]] erat ! Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3, comme il était humble ! comme il était rabaissé ! || abattu, sans ressort : Cic. Planc. 50 ; Fin. 1, 49 || [péjor.] rampant, bas : Cic. Phil. 2, 82<br /><b>3</b> [rhét.] style qui ne s’élève pas, qui rase la terre, simple, [[modeste]] : Cic. Or. 76 ; 192 ; 196 || -millimus Liv. 3, 19, 9. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hŭmĭlis: e, adj. humus; like χαμαλός from χαμαί, on the ground, i. e.,
I low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
I 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.
II Trop.
A 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.—
2 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.—
B 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.
1 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. —
2 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.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hŭmĭlis,⁸ e (humus),
1 bas, près du sol, peu élevé : ea quæ sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, les plantes un peu basses et qui ne peuvent s’élever sensiblement au-dessus du sol ; turris humilis et parva Cæs. C. 2, 8, 1, une tour basse et petite ; humilis volat Virg. En. 4, 255, il vole en rasant le sol ; brevi atque humili corpore homines Gell. 19, 13, 3, hommes de taille courte et rapetissée
2 [fig.] humble : homines humiliores Cic. Br. 62, des gens de plus basse naissance ; parentes humiles Cic. Læl. 70, parents obscurs, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 88 ; civitas ignobilis atque humilis Cæs. G. 5, 28, 1, cité obscure et modeste ; ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere aliquem Cæs. G. 7, 39, 1, amener qqn de la situation la plus basse à la plus haute dignité
