adverb
humī
humī (not comparable)
Classical[ˈhʊ.miː]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.mi]
Meaning
- not comparableon the ground.
- not comparableto the ground.
hŭmi, v. humus, III.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
humī adv.
locat. of humus, on the ground, to the ground : Humine? (sc. adponam puerum), T.: iacēre: requiescere, S.: serpere, H.: defixa mens, fixed on the ground : morientia corpora fundis? V.: Spargere dentes, O.: stratus palmes, Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *homei, locative of humus (“ground, soil”). Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) is the same formation.