The chronicler's language, "quod etiam homines sanos mortui peremerunt," is marked by the perspicacity or correctness which distinguishes him.
So it was [26] said in the next reign that "oinne illud quod mover cum eo quod occidit homines deodandum domino Regi erit, vel feodo clerici.
The oath of the probi homines would seem from the letter of Bracton to have been that the thing was lost (adirata), and this we are expressly told was the fact in a report of the year 1294.
Lodgings were let according to the joint valuation of 2 Magistri (scholars) and two townsmen (probi et legales homines de Villa).
Round, 215, quotes from a letter of Pope Lucius to Archbishop Theobald, ‘Quidam etiam sub nomine tenseriarum villas et homines suos spoliant.
Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando=--In nothing do men so nearly approach the gods as in giving health to men.
Di nos quasi pilas homines habent=--The gods treat us mortals like so many balls to play with.
Segnius homines bona quam mala sentiunt=--Men 20 are not so readily sensible of benefits as of injuries.
Plura faciunt homines e consuetudine quam e ratione=--Men do more things from custom than from reason.
Homines proniores sunt ad voluptatem, quam ad virtutem=--Men are more prone to pleasure than to virtue.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt=--Men in general are fain to believe that which they wish to be true.
Leves homines futuri sunt improvidi=--Light-minded men are improvident of the future.
Ubi homines sunt modi sunt=--Where men are there are manners.
Homines nihil agendo discunt male agere=--By doing nothing men learn to do ill.
Non intelligunt homines quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia=--Men do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
The following lines from the Vopiscum have also been frequently quoted: "Si possent homines delinimentis capi, Omnes haberent nunc amatores anus.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "homines" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
