English → Latin
“human” in Latin
hūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedhomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, mortālismortal (subject to death).hūmānitāshumaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy, benevolence, kindliness; courtesy, politeness, good manners, social grace; reffōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, design
The English word human itself goes back to Latin hūmānus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
human
humanus (in all the relations of the English word); by the genitive hominum (when = proper to men; e.g., human faults and errors, hominum vitae et errores): mortalis (in respect of the imperfection of men). Anything exceeds all human comprehension, aliquid humani ingenii modum excedit: human feeling, humanitas: to lay aside, renounce all human feeling, humanitatem omnem exuere; ab humanitate desciscere; hominem ex homine exuere: to have committed some fault from human frailty, aliqua culpa humani erroris teneri.
Human form, forma, species humana; humana species et figura; humana species atque forma: to have a human form, humano visu esse (of a god, as also the following expressions): to assume a human form, speciem humanam induere: in a human form, humana specie indutus; sub humana imagine (Ov., Met., 1, 213).
Human life, vita hominis or hominum; vita humana.
Human race, genus humanum or hominum; gens humana: the whole human race, universum genus hominum; omnes or cuncti mortales.
Human sacrifice, hostia or victima humana: the barbarous custom of offering human sacrifices, barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum: to offer human sacrifices, pro victimis homines immolare; homines immolare: to offer a human sacrifice, hominem immolare: to offer a human sacrifice to a god, alicui deo humana hostia facere or litare (Plin., 8, 22, 34; Tac., Germ., 9, in.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for human?
- The usual Latin words for “human” are hūmānus, homō̆, mortālis; also hūmānitās, fōrma. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.