homo
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
A clipping of words prefixed with homo-, from Greek ὁμός: i.e. homogenized and homosexual.
NounEdit
homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)
- (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual.
- 1938, Cecil Day Lewis, Starting point[1], page 127:
- "... He's a homo."
"My dear Theo, at my age one can't worry about little details like that. Besides, he's got such a nice voice."
- I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.
- (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
- 1956, Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station., Station bulletin[2], page 25:
- One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ...
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
- (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
- 1958, American milk review and milk plant monthly[3], volume 20, page 190:
- Regular homo milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular homo milk on home delivery.
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin homō̆ (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of gome.
NounEdit
homo (plural homos)
- (nonstandard) A human.
- 1850: "X-ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe
- John, John, if you don't go you're no homo—no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,—a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.
- 1850: "X-ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
BongoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo
ReferencesEdit
- Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.
ChickasawEdit
VerbEdit
homo
- to roof
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo n (indeclinable)
- genus Homo, especially in informal and creative use
- 1985, Listy:
- Tak sebou hni, ty moje malý homo sapiens! [...] můj malý homo!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2008, Jekaterina Andrikanis, Homevideo I. - aneb Sám sobě režisérem:
- Zapnutím kamery vstoupil „homo natáčející“ do dialogu s „homo prohlížejícím“.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Synonym: člověk
Usage notesEdit
- Specialists usually use the capitalized translingual spelling Homo.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of homoseksueel or Clipping of homofiel.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)
- (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual
- (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.
Usage notesEdit
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but the term, or its use in this way, can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage of English gay.
Derived termsEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin homō. Compare French homme, Italian uomo. Doublet of oni.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo (accusative singular homon, plural homoj, accusative plural homojn)
- a human being, person
- 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4):
- Kaj Jesuo respondis al li: Estas skribite, Ne per la pano sole vivos homo.
- Then Jesus answered him, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone." (Luke 4:4)
- Kaj Jesuo respondis al li: Estas skribite, Ne per la pano sole vivos homo.
- 1933, La Sankta Biblio, (Evangelio laŭ Luko 4:4):
HypernymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
HolonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- homaranismo (“doctrine of regarding all of humanity as one's kin”)
- homamaso (“crowd”)
- kavernhomo (“cave dweller”)
- neĝhomo (“snowperson”)
- prahomo (“a prehuman (neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, etc.)”)
- senhomejo (“uninhabited territory, no-man's-land”)
DescendantsEdit
- → Ido: homo
See alsoEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo
- gay man
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo
- (rare) any gay person
- (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.
Usage notesEdit
The word homo is a general, neutral and somewhat informal term for a homosexual person. It is used as a slur by some, but either the term, or its use in this way, can be considered offensive. Because the word itself is not inherently offensive or vulgar, some people may take offense at the implication that homosexuality is something negative and shameful that could be used as a derogatory term. This depends, of course, on a particular person's attitude towards homosexuality. Compare similar usage in Dutch.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | homo | homot | ||
| genitive | homon | homojen | ||
| partitive | homoa | homoja | ||
| illative | homoon | homoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | homo | homot | ||
| accusative | nom. | homo | homot | |
| gen. | homon | |||
| genitive | homon | homojen | ||
| partitive | homoa | homoja | ||
| inessive | homossa | homoissa | ||
| elative | homosta | homoista | ||
| illative | homoon | homoihin | ||
| adessive | homolla | homoilla | ||
| ablative | homolta | homoilta | ||
| allative | homolle | homoille | ||
| essive | homona | homoina | ||
| translative | homoksi | homoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | homoin | ||
| abessive | homotta | homoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived termsEdit
CompoundsEdit
See alsoEdit
Franco-ProvençalEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo m (plural homens)
Further readingEdit
- homo in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of homosexuel.
NounEdit
homo m or f by sense (plural homos)
- gay (homosexual person, especially male)
AdjectiveEdit
homo (plural homos)
Further readingEdit
- “homo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto homo, from English human, French homme and humain, Italian uomo, Spanish hombre, from Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo (plural homi)
AntonymsEdit
- animalo (“animal”)
Derived termsEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo (first-person possessive homoku, second-person possessive homomu, third-person possessive homonya)
SynonymsEdit
- maho (slang)
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
homo m (plural homini)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of omo
- man, person
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures][4], page 2:
- man, person
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”), from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), whence Latin humus. Cognates include Old Lithuanian žmuõ (“man”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Old English guma (“man”). See also nēmō (“no one”), from *ne hemō.
The phenomenon of a derivational relationship between the words for both earth and man is also seen in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם (adám, “man”), אֲדָמָה (adamá, “soil”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈho.moː/, [ˈhɔmoː] or IPA(key): /ˈho.mo/, [ˈhɔmɔ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.mo/, [ˈɔːmo]
Audio (Classical) (file) - Note: iambic shortening of the final vowel before a following (primarily or secondarily) stressed syllable is very common, but in hexameter poetry this variation may simply have been lexicalised as arbitrary license.
NounEdit
homō m (genitive hominis); third declension
- a human being, man, human, person
- Homō hominī lupus (proverb).
- Man is a wolf to man.
- Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.
- While teaching, people also learn themselves.
- 163 BC, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos [The Self-Tormentor]:
- Homŏ sum, hūmānī nihil ā mĕ aliēnum putō.
- I'm a human being, and nothing that's human is alien to me.
- 67 or 49 BC, Fragmentum Atestinum :researchgate.com
- qvod·ad·hominem·libervm·liberamve·pertinere·deicatvr
- ?, Pseudo-Remmius Palaemon, Ars 536.9:
- […] exceptīs paucīs masculīnī generis, quōrum numerō sunt ōrdo, ligō, et iis quae commūnis generis sunt, ut homō, nēmō, būbō et mangō.
- […] except […] and those that are of common gender, such as homō, nēmō, būbō and mangō.
- […] exceptīs paucīs masculīnī generis, quōrum numerō sunt ōrdo, ligō, et iis quae commūnis generis sunt, ut homō, nēmō, būbō et mangō.
- a male human being, man
- Paulus, Digesta Iustiniani 48.19.38.5.3:
- Quī abortiōnis aut amātōris pōculum dant […] sī eō mulier aut homō perierit […]
- Those who poison someone with an abortion or love potion […] if it causes the death of the woman or man […]
- Quī abortiōnis aut amātōris pōculum dant […] sī eō mulier aut homō perierit […]
- (address) man, fellow, mate, pal, bud, partner, dude (a form of address to male peers, especially by another male)
- 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 111, (Robert Kauer and W. M. Lindsay (eds), 1958):
- prō Iuppiter, tŭ homō adigi' mĕ ad īnsāniam!
- Jesus, man, you're driving me insane!
- prō Iuppiter, tŭ homō adigi' mĕ ad īnsāniam!
- (Medieval Latin) husband
Usage notesEdit
- Claimed to be of common (epicene) gender by several grammarians, albeit with limited external supporting evidence - see quotations. When used with a modifier and referring to a woman, nevertheless agrees in the masculine gender (like German Mensch, Russian челове́к (čelovék)) (Charisius, GL I, p.102.20–103.1 = pp.130.19–31.2 B.).
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | homō | hominēs |
| Genitive | hominis | hominum |
| Dative | hominī | hominibus |
| Accusative | hominem | hominēs |
| Ablative | homine | hominibus |
| Vocative | homō | hominēs |
HyponymsEdit
- mulier
- mās, masculus (focusing on biological sex)
- fēmina (focusing on biological sex; focusing on social status)
- puer, puella (focusing on age)
- adulēscēns m or f (focusing on age)
- iuvenis m or f (focusing on age)
- vir (focusing on social status)
Derived termsEdit
- homō hominī lupus
- homō nūllīus colōris
- homullus (diminutive)
- homunciō (diminutive)
- homunculus (diminutive)
- hūmānitās
- hūmānus
- sēmihomō
DescendantsEdit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: homo; argumentum ad hominem, ad hominem
- → Esperanto: homo
- → Ido: homo
- → Interlingua: homine
- → Interlingue: hom
- → Novial: home
- → Translingual: Homo
ReferencesEdit
- “homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “homo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- homo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
- our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
- our contemporaries; men of our time: homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriae
- that is the way of the world; such is life: sic vita hominum est
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- what am I to do with this fellow: quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
- my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi
- to be in every one's mouth: in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esse
- to be a subject for gossip: in sermonem hominum venire
- the common opinion, the general idea: existimatio hominum, omnium
- a devotee of pleasure; a self-indulgent man: homo voluptarius (Tusc. 2. 7. 18)
- many men, many minds: quot homines, tot sententiae
- within the memory of man: post hominum memoriam
- within the memory of man: post homines natos
- learned, scientific, literary men: homines litterarum studiosi
- learned, scientific, literary men: homines docti
- a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
- for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
- to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
- an accomplished dialectician: homo in dialecticis versatissimus
- moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
- a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
- a singer, member of a choir: (homo) symphoniacus
- a wit; a joker: (homo) ridiculus (Plaut. Stich. 1. 3. 21)
- a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
- a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo effrenatus, intemperans
- a moral (immoral) man: homo bene (male) moratus
- a depraved, abandoned character: homo perditus
- a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
- to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
- to unite isolated individuals into a society: dissipatos homines in (ad) societatem vitae convocare (Tusc. 1. 25. 62)
- to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
- business-men: homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentes
- an experienced politician: homo in re publica exercitatus
- a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office): homo novus
- people of every rank: homines omnis generis
- people of every rank and age: homines omnium ordinum et aetatum
- one of the people: homo plebeius, de plebe
- a popular man: aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)
- public opinion: existimatio populi, hominum
- to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
- men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
- a democrat: homo popularis
- a man who genuinely wishes the people's good: homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)
- a democratic leader: homo florens in populari ratione
- revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi
- our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).
AdjectiveEdit
homo (indeclinable)
NounEdit
homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoer, definite plural homoene)
- a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).
AdjectiveEdit
homo (indeclinable)
NounEdit
homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoar, definite plural homoane)
- a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “homo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
homo (invariable)
- homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- Synonyms: homossexual, gay
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of homosexual.
NounEdit
homo m (plural homo)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
homo (invariable)
- homo (homosexual)
Further readingEdit
- “homo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
homo c or n
- (colloquial, chiefly derogatory) a homo (homosexual)
- Synonym: bög
AdjectiveEdit
homo
- (colloquial, only used predicatively) homosexual
- Synonym: homosexuell
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
homo c (plural homo's)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “homo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011