noun · masculinethird declension
hūmor
hūmor m (genitive hūmōris)
Classical[ˈhuː.mɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.mor]
Meaning
- liquid, fluid, humour
Lacrimae perēdēre hūmōre exsanguēs genās.
c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 3.12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hūmor | hūmōrēs |
| genitive | hūmōris | hūmōrum |
| dative | hūmōrī | hūmōribus |
| accusative | hūmōrem | hūmōrēs |
| ablative | hūmōre | hūmōribus |
| vocative | hūmor | hūmōrēs |
hūmor, v. umor.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(hūmor) see umor.
Origins
Alternative spelling of ūmor found in the later Roman Empire, when the letter h had already become silent. See also the related hūmidus.
Descendants
- Catalanhumor
- GermanHumor
- Italianumore
- Italianomore
- Portuguesehumorfrom Old Galician-Portuguese humor
- Frenchhumeurfrom Old French humor
- Englishhumourfrom Old French humor
- Spanishhumor
- Asturianhumor
- Czechhumor