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adverb

hūmānitus

hūmānitus (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparablehumanly, in a human manner.
  2. not comparablehumanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Humanitus · Humane · Humaniter

Humanitus means in a human manner, in objective reference to the exterior condition of man, namely, that of weakness and mortality, like ἀνθρωπείως, ἀνθρωπίνως; whereas humane and humaniter, in subjective reference to man’s capacity for and propensity towards cultivation; humane facere is the result of moral cultivation, like φιλανθρώπως; humaniter facere is the result of social cultivation, like ἐπιεικῶς. (v. 8.)

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit
if anything should happen to me; if I die.

hūmānĭtus, adv. humanus, like divinitus from divinus,
I. humanly, after the manner of men.
I. In gen. (very rare but class.): ferre humana humanitus, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 20 (Com. Fragm. v. 290 Rib.); so, quicquam facere, Turp. ib. (Com. Fragm. v. 165 Rib.): si quid me (i. e. mihi) fuerit humanitus, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 161 Müll. (Ann. v. 128 Vahl.): si quid mihi humanitus accidisset, i. e. should I die, Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 10; and: si quid ei humanitus attigisset, App. Mag. 337: ursi coëunt humanitus strati, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 174.—
II. In partic., for the usual humane and humaniter, humanely, kindly, tenderly: tractare, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 47.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tosder. Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin hūmānitus From hūmānus (“humane, noble”) + -tus (adverb-forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does hūmānitus mean in Latin?
hūmānitus, a adverb, means “humanly, in a human manner.; humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.”.