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pmda
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In LLPSI Orberg scribit: 'Icarus autem, quo consilium, patris ignorabat, humi consedit et 'Fessus sum' inquit 'ambulando in hoc carcere, quem ipse nobis aedifacivisti, pater'.'

Orberb 'humi' adverbum esse dicit in index. Verum nonne 'humi' locativus est?

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Lewis & Short Latin dictionary:
http://athirdway.com/glossa/?s=humus
III. Adverbial form humi, like χαμαι, on the ground or to the ground : jacere humi, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: requiescere, Sall. J. 85, 33: strati, Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; cf.: serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae, Hor. A. P. 28: quousque humi defixa tua mens erit?fixed on the ground Cic. Rep. 6, 17: locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus, Sall. C. 55, 3: quot humi morientia corpora fundis? Verg. A. 11, 665: spargere humi dentes, Ov. M. 3, 105; cf.: hunc stravit humi, id. ib. 12, 255: tremens procumbit humi bos, Verg. A. 5, 481: volvitur ille excussus humi, id. ib. 11, 640; cf.: projectum humi jugulavit, Tac. H. 2, 64: stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos, Juv. 8, 78.

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Wheelock calls it the locative form. I don't think the distinction is terribly important here; the important thing is "humī = on the ground".
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