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literae humaniores

literae humaniores noun: an undergraduate course of study focused on classics.

Noun (1)

literae humaniores (uncountable)

  1. An undergraduate course of study focused on classics.
    Synonyms:
    Greats, Lit. Hum.

Noun (2) capitalized: Literae Humaniores

Literae Humaniores (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of literae humaniores.

Synonyms of literae humaniores

Forms of literae humaniores

alternative formLiterae Humaniores
alternative formlitteræ humaniores

Origin of literae humaniores

From Latin līterae hūmāniōrēs (literally “more humane literature”), originally in contrast with theology (the literae diviniores).

Questions about literae humaniores

What does literae humaniores mean?
Literae humaniores means an undergraduate course of study focused on classics.
What part of speech is literae humaniores?
Literae humaniores is a noun.

Words near literae humaniores in the dictionary

  1. Liteni
  2. liter
  3. literacide
  4. literacies
  5. literacy
  6. literae humaniores
  7. literage
  8. literages
  9. literal
  10. literal rule
  11. literal theonymy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: literae humaniores (page history and authors); Literae Humaniores (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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