man (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A human being1. hŏmo, ĭnis, c. (including both vir and femina; used both in individual and generic sense)2. in pl. mortāles, ium (esp. in Sall.)II. Generically, the human species1. hŏmo; hŏmĭnes2. genus hominumIII. An individual of the male sexIV. A fighting manV. In chess, etc.1. calcŭlus (lit. pebble, games of the kind being played with round pebbles)2. lātro, ōnis, m.3. mīles, ĭtis, m. (the pieces representing soldiers) • man (subs.): I. A human being 1. hŏmo, ĭnis, c. (including both vir and femina; used both in individual and generic sense): I am a m. (human being), h. sum, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 25: this animal ... which we call m., hoc animal ... quem vocamus hominem, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 22: as implying liability to error: great indeed they are, but still men, summi enim sunt, homines tamen, Quint. 10, 1, 25. A young m. (often), homo adolescens, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117: Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 52, etc. also, h. adolescentulus, Ter. (rarely so in later writers). Adj. hūmānus (of or relating to man, in widest sense): cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15, humani nihil, nothing relating to a fellow-man. Dimins. homunculus, homuncio, homullus (the first of which is most usual): we poor, petty men, nos homunculi, Sulpic. in Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3: Cic. 2. in pl. mortāles, ium (esp. in Sall.): Sall. Cat. 2, med., etc. (N.B.--With masc. adjj. in pl., the word man is rarely expressed: cf. L. G. § 339.) II. Generically, the human species: 1. hŏmo; hŏmĭnes: cf. supr. (I., 1). 2. genus hominum: Sall. Jug. 2, init. (genus h. compositum ex corpore et animo est). Phr. the Son of man, Filius hominis, Vulg. Matt. xxv. 31, etc. III. An individual of the male sex: vir, vĭri: often used in preference to homo, when the existence of such qualities as courage, genius, etc., is implied: he bore his pain like a m., tulit dolorem ut vir, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53 (it is added, et, ut homo, majorem ferre sine causa noluit, i. e. as man instinctively shrinks from pain: cf. supr. II., 1) unworthy of the characters of great men, non satis dignum summorum virorum personis, Nep. pref. init. Less freq. with bad epithets, as turpissimi viri, Sall. Jug. 85. Adv. vĭrītim, man by man (distributively): Cic.: Suet. An old man, sĕnex, is (v. old) a young m., adolescens, adolescentulus (cf. supr. I., 1); juvenis: see also young. Phr.: you must play the m., vobis necesse est fortibus viris esse, Liv. 21, 44, fin.: I call upon you to play the m., vos moneo uti forti atque parato animo sitis, Cic. Cat. 58, med.; all to a m., omnes (universi, cuncti) ad unum, Cic. Am. 23, 86: Liv. IV. A fighting man: mīles, ĭtis: Caes.: Liv. pass. But very often, in such exprr. as our men, his men, the poss. prons. alone are used: cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 24, quibus rebus nostri (= nostri milites) perterriti, etc.: but the subs. may also be expr., cf. ib. 25, nostris militibus cunctantibus. Their men, i. e. the enemy, may either be expr. by hostes (Caes.: Liv. pass.), or by illi: cf. Caes. l. c. 24, quum illi ... audacter tela conjicerent, etc. In enumerating losses after an engagement, the subs. is usu. implied in some other word: the enemy lost 1500 men slain in the battle, MD. hostium in acie periere (caesi), Liv. 22, 7, init. V. In chess, etc.: 1. calcŭlus (lit. pebble, games of the kind being played with round pebbles): Ov. A. A. 3, 358: Mart. 2. lātro, ōnis, m.: Ov. l. c. 357: Mart. Also, latrunculus: Sen. Ep. 106, 11. 3. mīles, ĭtis, m. (the pieces representing soldiers): Ov. A. A. 2, 207.