human Copy link Outline 1. hūmānus2. expr. by gen. sing. or pl. of hŏmo3. mortālis, e • human: 1. hūmānus: h. nature, h. natura, Cic. Rep. 1, 14: the h. race, h. genus, Cic. Am. 5, 20: to pollute altars with h. sacrifices, aras h. hostiis funestare, Cic. Font. 10, 21: to offer h. sacrifices, h. hostiis litare, Tac. Ger. 9 (humana sacrificia were sacrifices offered on behalf of the dead, Fest. s. v.). 2. expr. by gen. sing. or pl. of hŏmo: to seek the welfare of the (whole) h. race, consulere hominum generi, Cic. Rep. 3, 12: to derive anything from h. nature, ab hominis natura aliquid repetere, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 17: the h. figure, hominis figura, Cic. 3. mortālis, e: all h. works shall perish, m. facta peribunt, Hor. A. P. 68: Cic.: v. mortal. Phr.: to offer h. sacrifices, homines immolare, Cic. Font. 10, 21 (cf. supr. 1): h. feeling (including sympathy, kindliness, etc.), humanitas, Cic.: v. Lat. Dict. s. v.