inhuman Copy link Outline 1. immānis, e (monstrously cruel)2. crūdēlis, saevus3. ĭnhūmānus (unworthy of a human being, destitute of human feeling) • inhuman: 1. immānis, e (monstrously cruel): the i. and barbarous custom of human sacrifice, im. ac barbara consuetudo immolandorum hominum, Cic. Font. 10, 21: Ov. Join: immanis atque importunus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, 8: tantum [facinus], tam immane, tam acerbum, Cic. R. Am. 24, fin. 2. crūdēlis, saevus: v. cruel. 3. ĭnhūmānus (unworthy of a human being, destitute of human feeling): i. cruelty, inh. crudelitas, Liv. 21, 4, extr. Join: tam durus et ferreus, tam inhumanus, Cic. Verr. 5, 46, init. Join: crudelis et inhumanus, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29. (N.B.--This syn. must be used with caution, as its sense is far wider than that of the Eng.) Phr.: a most i. punishment, supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum, Liv. 1, 28, extr.
INHUMAN Copy link • INHUMANinhumanus: sometimes immanis (natura): ferus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) ferus et immanis: crudelissimus (savage, cruel, etc.). An inhuman punishment, supplicium exempli parum memoris legum humanarum.