homo - use in sentences
Converse of object
- call: They say there were only apes before and modern people, who they call homo sapiens, are only some thousands of years old.
- make: Something happened to make homo sapiens mutate into homo economicus.
Adjective modifier
- stately: As a consequence Wilde might easily usurp Quentin Crisp's self-appointed title of England's first stately homo.
- first: As a consequence Wilde might easily usurp Quentin Crisp's self-appointed title of England's first stately homo.
- other: The effect of humans on other vertebrate species Homo sapiens dominate the land today.
Modifies a noun
- erectus: Homo erectus seems to have dwindled greatly in its Asian homeland by 300,000 years.
- economicus: Homo economicus: escaping the traps of managed competition.
- floresiensis: They have named her species Flores Man ( homo floresiensis ).
- factus: Et incarnatus est de Spirito Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.
- sapien: He was a joy to watch; the kind of athlete that makes you strangely proud to be homo sapien.
- habilis: Homo habilis remains and tools have been recovered from a number sites in Africa.
Noun used with modifier
- species: The effect of humans on other vertebrate species Homo sapiens dominate the land today.
- deus: The Cur deus homo, in which he develops views of atonement and satisfaction which are still held by orthodox theologians.
- novus: He was a novus homo, that is, a man whose family had never held high office in Rome.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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