universus

Latin

Etymology

    From ūnus (“one”) +‎ versus (“turned”), hence literally "turned into one".

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ūniversus (feminine ūniversa, neuter ūniversum, adverb ūniversē); first/second-declension adjective

    1. whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether
    2. universal or universally

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative ūniversus ūniversa ūniversum ūniversī ūniversae ūniversa
    genitive ūniversī ūniversae ūniversī ūniversōrum ūniversārum ūniversōrum
    dative ūniversō ūniversae ūniversō ūniversīs
    accusative ūniversum ūniversam ūniversum ūniversōs ūniversās ūniversa
    ablative ūniversō ūniversā ūniversō ūniversīs
    vocative ūniverse ūniversa ūniversum ūniversī ūniversae ūniversa

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “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)
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