totus
Latin
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, “community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), from Proto-Italic *toutā (“people; populace, citizenship”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtoː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɔː.t̪us]
- Hyphenation: to‧tus
Adjective
tōtus (feminine tōta, neuter tōtum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal)
Usage notes
- In separating totus from omnis, it may be useful to remember Quintilian's sentence (Ins.Or.8.3.70): "minus est tamen tōtum dīcere, quam omnia" ("It is less to say the whole, than all the parts.").
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (pronominal).
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | tōtus | tōta | tōtum | tōtī | tōtae | tōta | |
genitive | tōtī̆us | tōtōrum | tōtārum | tōtōrum | |||
dative | tōtī | tōtīs | |||||
accusative | tōtum | tōtam | tōtum | tōtōs | tōtās | tōta | |
ablative | tōtō | tōtā | tōtō | tōtīs | |||
vocative | tōte | tōta | tōtum | tōtī | tōtae | tōta |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “tōtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “totus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- totus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
- to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
- to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
- to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure: se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
- to devote oneself entirely to literature: se totum litteris tradere, dedere
- to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
- to upset the whole system: totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)
- to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
- to put oneself entirely in some one's hands: totum se committere, tradere alicui
- to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery: se (totum) libidinibus dedere
- credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta
- to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
- the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 625
Etymology 2
From tot (“so many”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɔː.t̪us]
Adjective
tŏtus (feminine tŏta, neuter tŏtum); first/second-declension adjective
- (very rare) so great a ——
- quotcumque pedum spatia facienda censueris, totam partem longitudinis et latitudinis duces
- of however many feet you have determined the gaps are to be made, you will take as great a part of the length and breadth
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | tŏtus | tŏta | tŏtum | tŏtī | tŏtae | tŏta | |
genitive | tŏtī | tŏtae | tŏtī | tŏtōrum | tŏtārum | tŏtōrum | |
dative | tŏtō | tŏtae | tŏtō | tŏtīs | |||
accusative | tŏtum | tŏtam | tŏtum | tŏtōs | tŏtās | tŏta | |
ablative | tŏtō | tŏtā | tŏtō | tŏtīs | |||
vocative | tŏte | tŏta | tŏtum | tŏtī | tŏtae | tŏta |
Related terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
References
- “tŏtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “totus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- totus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.