homo

See also: HOMO, Homo, and homo-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of homosexual.

Noun

homo (plural homos)

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual.

   I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.

   • 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."

Translations

short form of homosexual

• Chinese: 同志 (zh) (tóngzhì)
• Danish: homo (da) c
• Dutch: homo (nl) m
• Finnish: homo (fi)
• German: Homo (de) m
• Hebrew: הומו (he)
• Hungarian: retkes buzi
• Indonesian: homo (id)
• Japanese: ホモ (ja) (homo)
• Latin: draucus m
• Latvian: homiķis m
• Portuguese: homo (pt) m
• Russian: го́мик (ru) m (gómik)

Adjective

homo (comparative more homo, superlative most homo)

1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.

Etymology 2

Clipping of homogenized.

Noun

homo (countable and uncountable, plural homos)

1. (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 ...

Translations

homogenized milk with butterfat

• Chinese: 均脂牛奶
• Finnish: homogenoitu maito
• Japanese: ホモ牛乳 (homo gyūnyū)

Adjective

homo (not comparable)

1. (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 3

From Latin homō̆ (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Doublet of hombre, ombre, and gome.

Noun

homo (plural homos)

1. (nonstandard) A human.
   • 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, X-ing a Paragrab:

     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.

See also

• omi, omee

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

See also

• ecce homo
• homo Aristophaneus
• homo faber
• homo marriage
• homo milk
• homo negronus
• homo negronus Americanus
• homo oeconomicus
• homo politicus
• homo sacer
• homo sapien
• no homo
• no promo homo

 

Anagrams

• Moho, moho

Bongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̀mɔ̀/

Noun

homo

1. nose

References

• 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.

Chickasaw

Etymology

From the same root as holmo (v1.), which is related to Choctaw holmo (“roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.mo/

Verb

homo

1. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to roof, to put a roof on

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	homoli homo-li	iihomo / iliihomo / liihomo ii-homo / ilii-homo / lii-homo	iloohomo iloo-homo
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishhomo ish-homo	hashhomo hash-homo
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	homo	(hoo)homo (hoo-)homo

Derived terms

• hóꞌmo
• i̱homo

 

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin homo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦomo]

Noun

homo n (indeclinable)

1. genus Homo, especially in informal and creative use

   Synonym: člověk

   • 1985, Listy:

     Tak sebou hni, ty moje malý homo sapiens! [...] můj malý homo!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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 quotation)

Usage notes

• Specialists usually use the capitalized translingual spelling Homo.

Related terms

• dehumanizace
• dehumanizovat
• hominid
• hominismus
• humanismus
• humanista
• humanistický
• humanita
• humanitarismus
• humanitární
• humanitní
• humanizace
• humanizovat
• humanoid
• humanoidní
• humánní

 

Further reading

• “homo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• homo in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (internet slang) heaumeau

Etymology

Clipping of homoseksueel and/or homofiel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoː.moː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

Noun

homo m (plural homo's, diminutive homootje n)

1. (neutral, not offensive) gay, homosexual
2. (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur

Usage notes

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 terms

• homobar
• homoclub
• homohaat
• homohuwelijk

 

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin homō. Compare French homme, Italian uomo. Doublet of oni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhomo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

Noun

homo (accusative singular homon, plural homoj, accusative plural homojn)

1. 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)

Hypernyms

• homedo (“hominid”)

Hyponyms

• femino, homino, virino (“woman”)
• viro (“man”)
• homido, infano (“child”)

Holonyms

• homaro (“humanity”)

Derived terms

• 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”)

Descendants

• → Ido: homo

See also

homo

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of homoseksuaali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhomo/, [ˈho̞mo̞]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation^(key): ho‧mo

Noun

homo

1. gay man

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo

2. (rare) any gay person
3. (offensive, derogatory) Used as a general slur.

Usage notes

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.

Declension

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
abessive		homotta	homoitta
instructive		—	homoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of homo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative homoni homoni accusative nom. homoni homoni gen. homoni genitive homoni homojeni partitive homoani homojani inessive homossani homoissani elative homostani homoistani illative homooni homoihini adessive homollani homoillani ablative homoltani homoiltani allative homolleni homoilleni essive homonani homoinani translative homokseni homoikseni abessive homottani homoittani instructive — — comitative — homoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative homosi homosi accusative nom. homosi homosi gen. homosi genitive homosi homojesi partitive homoasi homojasi inessive homossasi homoissasi elative homostasi homoistasi illative homoosi homoihisi adessive homollasi homoillasi ablative homoltasi homoiltasi allative homollesi homoillesi essive homonasi homoinasi translative homoksesi homoiksesi abessive homottasi homoittasi instructive — — comitative — homoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative homomme homomme accusative nom. homomme homomme gen. homomme genitive homomme homojemme partitive homoamme homojamme inessive homossamme homoissamme elative homostamme homoistamme illative homoomme homoihimme adessive homollamme homoillamme ablative homoltamme homoiltamme allative homollemme homoillemme essive homonamme homoinamme translative homoksemme homoiksemme abessive homottamme homoittamme instructive — — comitative — homoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative homonne homonne accusative nom. homonne homonne gen. homonne genitive homonne homojenne partitive homoanne homojanne inessive homossanne homoissanne elative homostanne homoistanne illative homoonne homoihinne adessive homollanne homoillanne ablative homoltanne homoiltanne allative homollenne homoillenne essive homonanne homoinanne translative homoksenne homoiksenne abessive homottanne homoittanne instructive — — comitative — homoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative homonsa homonsa accusative nom. homonsa homonsa gen. homonsa genitive homonsa homojensa partitive homoaan homoansa homojaan homojansa inessive homossaan homossansa homoissaan homoissansa elative homostaan homostansa homoistaan homoistansa illative homoonsa homoihinsa adessive homollaan homollansa homoillaan homoillansa ablative homoltaan homoltansa homoiltaan homoiltansa allative homolleen homollensa homoilleen homoillensa essive homonaan homonansa homoinaan homoinansa translative homokseen homoksensa homoikseen homoiksensa abessive homottaan homottansa homoittaan homoittansa instructive — — comitative — homoineen homoinensa

Derived terms

• homoilla
• homostella
• homotella
• homous
• homppeli

 

compounds

• erihomo
• homoavioliitto
• homobaari
• homofobia
• homoikoni
• homokammo
• homoliitto
• homomies
• homopari
• homopoika
• homopropaganda
• homorummutus
• homoseksi
• homotutka
• julkihomo
• kaappihomo
• normaalihomo

 

Related terms

• homoeroottinen
• homoseksuaali
• homoseksuaalinen
• homoseksuaalisuus
• homoseksualismi
• homoseksualisti

 

See also

• miehimys

Further reading

• “homo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin homo.

Noun

homo m (plural homos) (ORB, broad)

1. man

   Coordinate term: fèna (“woman”)

Derived terms

• homâjo

References

• homme in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• homo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Clipping of homosexuel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

homo m or f by sense (plural homos)

1. gay (homosexual person, especially male)

Adjective

homo (plural homos)

1. gay, homo

Further reading

• “homo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto homo, from English human, French homme and humain, Italian uomo, Spanish hombre, from Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho.mo/

Noun

homo (plural homi)

1. human, man

Antonyms

• animalo (“animal”)

Derived terms

• homa (“human”)
• homala (“human”)
• homino (“female human”)
• homulo (“male human”)
• homaro (“mankind”)
• homeso (“humanity”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English homo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.mo/
• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

Noun

homo

1. (colloquial, offensive) gay; homosexual

Synonyms

• maho (slang)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: hò‧mo

Noun

homo m (plural homini)

1. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of omo.
   1. man, person
      • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[5], page 2:

        Laudato si misignore per sora nostra morte corporale, da la quale nullu homo vivente poskappare

        Praised be you, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death, from which no living person can escape.

      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[6], lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[7], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

        Quando viddi custui nel gran diserto
        Miserere di me gridai ad lui
        qual che tu sii o ombra o homo certo

        When I saw him in the vast desert, I cried unto him "Have pity on me, whichever you are, or shadow or real man!"

Latin

duo hominēs (two people)

Etymology

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”) (whence English gome). 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈho.moː/, [ˈhɔmoː] or IPA^(key): /ˈho.mo/, [ˈhɔmɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mo/, [ˈɔːmo]
• 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.

Noun

homō m (genitive hominis); third declension

1. a human being, man, human, person

   Homō hominī lupus est (proverb).

   Man is a wolf to man.

   Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.

   While teaching, people also learn themselves.

   • 163 BCE, 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

   • 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 199:

     At quae māter! […] cuius ea stultitia est, ut eam nēmō hominem appellāre possit!

     And what a mother! […] whose stupidity is such that nobody would even call her human!

   • ?, 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.

2. 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 […]

3. (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!

     For Jupiter's sake, man, you're driving me insane!

4. (address) used in the vocative expression "mi homo" as a form of address to a man by a woman
   • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 723:

     Mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto.

     My man and my woman, I greet you.

5. (Medieval Latin) husband

Usage notes

• Homō has the basic sense of "human being" and is often used generically to mean “Man” or “men” in the broad sense of "humanity", encompassing both male and female human beings. It is not typically used to specify or emphasize male as opposed to female sex: the usual terms to express “man” in the sense “male” are vir (“adult male human being”) or mās (“male”). There are rare examples in early Latin of homō being used in contrast to an explicitly female term such as mulier (“woman”), such as Plautus Cistellaria 723, but this only becomes frequent in late Latin.
• When referring to specific human beings, homō is more often applied to male rather than female persons in the corpus of ancient Latin texts. For Romans, the use of homō versus vir when referring to a male human being was influenced by the differing social connotations of the two words: vir tends to be reserved as a positive designation for men of the Roman upper class, whereas the more generic term homō is frequently used to refer to men of lower social orders or foreigners, and also to refer to upper class men in contexts where the positive connotations of vir would be out of place. For example, homō rather than vir tends to be used by Cicero in connection with pejorative adjectives. There seems to have been a similar distinction in social connotation between mulier (“woman”), the general word for 'woman' that could be used in neutral or negative contexts, and fēmina (“female, woman”), which had positive, aristocratic overtones when used as a designation for a woman.
• Homō is 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.).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	homō	hominēs
genitive	hominis	hominum
dative	hominī	hominibus
accusative	hominem	hominēs
ablative	homine	hominibus
vocative	homō	hominēs

Hyponyms

• mulier (“adult human woman”)
• vir (“adult human man”) (with connotations of freeborn status and possession of masculine virtues)
• fēmina (“female; woman”) (in Republican Latin, used especially to refer to women of social rank, functioning as a female counterpart of vir and a more respectful synonym of mulier)
• mās (“male”), masculus
• puella (“girl”)
• puer (“boy”)
• adulēscēns m or f (“adolescent”)
• iuvenis m or f (“youth”)
• senex m or f (“aged person; old man; old woman”)

Derived terms

• homō hominī lupus
• homō nūllīus colōris
• homullus (diminutive)
• homunciō (diminutive)
• homunculus (diminutive)
• hūmānitās
• hūmānus
• sēmihomō

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: om
  • Istro-Romanian: om
  • Megleno-Romanian: om, uom
  • Romanian: om
• Dalmatian:
  • jomno
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: omu
  • Istriot: omo
  • Italian: uomo, omo
  • Neapolitan: ommo
  • Sicilian: omu, òminu
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: òmen, òm
  • Ligurian: òmmo
  • Lombard: òmm, òmen
  • Piedmontese: òm, òmon
  • Romagnol: òm, òman
  • Friulian: omp, om
  • Romansch: um
  • Venetan: omo, òmeno
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: homo, on
  • Old French: home (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: home
  • Old Occitan: ome, hom, home, om, omne
    • Occitan: òme, ome
• Sardinian:
  • òmine
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: hombre, ombre, ome, omme, homme, uamne (11th century, Glosas Emilianenses)
    • Aragonese: ombre
  • Old Leonese: ome
    • Asturian: home
    • Leonese: home
    • Mirandese: home
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ome, home, omen, omẽe
    • Fala: homi
    • Galician: home
    • Portuguese: homem (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: omne, ome, om̃e, homne
    • Ladino:

      Hebrew script: אומברי

      Latin script: ombre

    • Spanish: hombre, honbre, ombre, onbre (obsolete)
      • Chavacano: hombre
      • → English: hombre
      • → French: hombre
        • → English: ombre
      • → Papiamentu: hòmber
• Borrowings:
  • → English: homo; argumentum ad hominem, ad hominem
  • → Esperanto: homo
    • → Ido: homo
  • → Interlingua: homine
  • → Translingual: Homo

Further reading

• “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^[8], 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
    

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).

Adjective

homo (indeclinable)

1. homosexual, gay

Noun

homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoer, definite plural homoene)

1. a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).

Synonyms

• homofil
• homse
• soper

Derived terms

• homodager
• homoekteskap
• homogutt
• homomarsj
• homoparade

Related terms

• bi
• homofili
• homoseksualitet
• lesbe
• lesbisk

References

• “homo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “homo” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).

Adjective

homo (indeclinable)

1. homosexual, gay

Noun

homo m (definite singular homoen, indefinite plural homoar, definite plural homoane)

1. a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).

Synonyms

• homofil
• homse
• sopar

Derived terms

• homoekteskap
• homomarsj
• homoparade

Related terms

• bi
• homofili
• homoseksualitet
• lesbe
• lesbisk

References

• “homo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.mɔ/

• Hyphenation: ho‧mo

Adjective

homo (invariable)

1. (derogatory) homosexual (involving or relating to homosexuals)

   Synonyms: homossexual, gay

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of homosexual.

Noun

homo m (plural homo)

1. (slang) gay

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	homo	homoul		homo	homoi
genitive-dative	homo	homoului		homo	homolor
vocative	homoule			homolor

Spanish

Adjective

homo (invariable)

1. homo (homosexual)

Further reading

• “homo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

homo c or n

1. (colloquial, chiefly derogatory) a homo (homosexual)

   Synonym: bög

Adjective

homo

1. (colloquial, only used predicatively) homosexual

   Synonym: homosexuell

See also

• bi
• hetero

References

• homo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• homo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• homo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

homo c (plural homo's)

1. homosexual, gay person

Derived terms

• homorjochten

Further reading

• “homo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011