different between posthumous vs humation

English

Alternative forms

• post-humous
• postumous (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ?h? added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p?s.t??.m?s/, /?p?s.t??.m?s/

Adjective

posthumous (not comparable)

2. After the death of someone.
3. Taking place after one's own death.

4. In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
5. (originally) Born after the death of one's father.

Synonyms

• post mortem

Antonyms

• antemortem
• anthumous
• predeath
• prehumous
• premortem

Derived terms

• posthumously
• posthumousness

Related terms

• posthumous execution
• posthumous work

Translations

Further reading

• posthumous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Latin humatio, French humare "to inter", compare French humus "earth"

Noun

humation (plural humations)

1. (archaic) burial, internment, inhumation; by association, death

Related terms

• exhume
• posthumous

Translations

References

The Oxford English Dictionary