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humum

humum is a Latin form of humus, meaning “ground, earth, soil; (humi) on the ground”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 166 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Senectute 59: … situm ostendisse. cum autem admiraretur Lysander et proceritates arborum et directos in quincuncem ordines et humum subactam atque puram et suavitatem odorum qui afflarentur ex floribus, tum eum dixisse mirari se non modo dil …

Phaedrus, Fabulae 2.5.16: Humum aestuantem, come officium iactitans,

All forms of humus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.