humilis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of humilis
< New Latin, Latin: low, humble
Example Sentences
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They used DNA to correctly identify both snails, Galba cubensis and Galba humilis, and the flatworm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
A recent paper on a newly discovered species of marmoset, Callithrix humilis, shows the monkey at age two months: studious eyes, a tight, alert face and an aureole of gray and white hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Georgics II, 146, Vergil repeats the phrase maxima taurus victima, but the phrase must have had its origin in the Catalepton, since here maxima balances humilis.
From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney
Needs moist soil, indeed will grow in boggy places Europe ,, humilis Shrub 2 ft.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas
The treatise is known as Diversarum Artium Schedula, and the compiler of it calls himself simply Theophilus presbiter humilis, which, of course, records nothing but his personal modesty.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
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