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“humbly” in Latin
humilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of phdēmittōto send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, let fall; to sink, lower, put down; to cast dosupplexkneeling; begging; suppliantsubiciōto throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near; to subdue; to prompt, propose, suggestsentiōto feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses); to perceive, be aware of, to be sensible of, to notice mentally, to unserviōto be a slave to; to serve; to be devoted to, subject to; to have respect to, regard or care for, consultscrībōto writeloquorto say, speak, tell, talk, utter; to declare, speak, or state more formally as in a legal context or in defense of someo
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
humbly
humiliter (mostly in a bad sense, implying meanness of spirit; e.g., sentire, servire; ferre aliquid; opposed to animose ferre): humili animo (in the same sense as humiliter): animo demisso atque humili: demisse: submisse (e.g., scribere, loqui): suppliciter: subjecte (Caes.; with reference to a superior). To behave humbly, submisse se gerere: to beseech anybody humbly, supplicibus verbis orare: very humbly, multis verbis et supplicem orare: not very humbly, non nimis submisse supplicare alicui: to obey humbly, modeste parere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for humbly?
- The usual Latin words for “humbly” are humilis, dēmittō, supplex; also subiciō, sentiō, serviō. 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.