universus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ūnus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), hence literally "turned into one".
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.niˈu̯er.sus/, [uːniˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.niˈver.sus/, [uniˈvɛrsus]
Adjective edit
ūniversus (feminine ūniversa, neuter ūniversum, adverb ūniversē); first/second-declension adjective
- whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether
- universal or universally
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ūniversus | ūniversa | ūniversum | ūniversī | ūniversae | ūniversa | |
| Genitive | ūniversī | ūniversae | ūniversī | ūniversōrum | ūniversārum | ūniversōrum | |
| Dative | ūniversō | ūniversō | ūniversīs | ||||
| Accusative | ūniversum | ūniversam | ūniversum | ūniversōs | ūniversās | ūniversa | |
| Ablative | ūniversō | ūniversā | ūniversō | ūniversīs | |||
| Vocative | ūniverse | ūniversa | ūniversum | ūniversī | ūniversae | ūniversa | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “universus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “universus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- universus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)
- to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)