hominus

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

hominus

  1. (Old Latin, rare) genitive singular of homo
    • CIL 1.00585:
      est ab eo quoius eius agri locei hominus privati
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This form shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.

References

  • Coleman, Robert (1990) “Dialectal Variation in Republican Latin, with Special Reference to Praenestine”, in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society[1], number 36 (216) (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 8