LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

inhūmānitās

inhūmānitās f (genitive inhūmānitātis)
Classical[ɪ.nuːˈmaː.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[i.nuˈmaː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. inhumanity
  2. barbarity, savagery
  3. surliness, churlishness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinhūmānitāsinhūmānitātēs
genitiveinhūmānitātisinhūmānitātum
dativeinhūmānitātīinhūmānitātibus
accusativeinhūmānitāteminhūmānitātēs
ablativeinhūmānitāteinhūmānitātibus
vocativeinhūmānitāsinhūmānitātēs

ĭnhūmānĭtas, ātis, f. inhumanus,
I. inhumanity.
I. Inhuman conduct, savageness, barbarity: crudelitas inhumanitasque, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115; id. Deiot. 12, 32. —
II. Want of good breeding.
A. Incivility, impoliteness: quod ego non superbia neque inhumanitate faciebam. Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 99; id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—
B. Unkindness, disobligingness; opp. officiosus, Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—
C. Surliness, churlishness: importunitas et inhumanitas omni aetati molesta est, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7.—
D. Niggardliness: (populus Rom.) non amat profusas epulas, sordes et inhumanitatem multo minus, Cic. Mur. 36, 76.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininhūmānitās

Latin hūmānitās Latin inhūmānitās From in- + hūmānitās.

Descendants
  • Catalaninhumanitat
  • Englishinhumanity
  • Frenchinhumanité
  • Italianinumanità
  • Portugueseinumanidade
  • Spanishinhumanidad

In English words that came into English from inhūmānitās

  • inhumanityinhūmānitās

Quick answers

What does inhūmānitās mean in Latin?
inhūmānitās, a noun, means “inhumanity; barbarity, savagery; surliness, churlishness”.
What is the genitive of inhūmānitās?
The genitive singular is inhūmānitātis. inhūmānitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce inhūmānitās?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nuːˈmaː.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.nuˈmaː.ni.tas].
Where does inhūmānitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inhūmānitās.