omnino

Latin

Etymology

From omnia (“all things”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”) + -ō (“-ly: forming adverbs”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /omˈniː.noː/, [ɔmˈniːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /omˈni.no/, [omˈniːno]

Adverb

omnīnō (not comparable)

1. in all things, in all ways, entirely, utterly, altogether, wholly

   Omnes omnia omnino doceantur.

   All people should be entirely taught all things.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.330:

     “[...] nōn equidem omnīnō captā ac dēserta vidērer.”

     “[...and], at least for me, I would not feel so utterly taken and abandoned.”

2. (with numerals) in all, altogether, only, just

   Quīnque omnīnō fuērunt.

   They were five in all.

   Erant omnīnō itinera duo.

   There were only two ways.

3. (with negatives) in any thing, in any way, at all

   Sī probāre possēmus Ligārium in Āfricā omnīnō nōn fuisse.

   If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.

Synonyms

• (entirely, utterly): prorsus, penitus

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: onninamente

References

• “omnino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “omnino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• omnino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to not say a word: nullum (omnino) verbum facere
    
  • not to trouble oneself about a thing: nihil omnino curare
    
• omnino in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

• nōminō