Homo Homini Lupus Est Meaning

Lupus est homo homini non homo quom qualis sit non novit that can be translated literally as wolf is the man for man and not man when he does not know who is the other and with a less literal translation as.

Homo homini lupus est meaning. Homo homini lupus or in its unabridged form homo homini lupus est is a latin proverb meaning a man is a wolf to another man or more tersely man is wolf to man it has meaning in reference to situations where people are known to have behaved in a way comparably in nature to a wolf. What is the meaning behind the saying homo homini lupus est man is a wolf to man. In general it means that humanity is not overall concerned with natural predators but the number one danger that humanity has to look out for is other human beings. Exactly in verse 495 it is said.