universum

ūnĭversus, a, um ( poet. contr., unvorsum, Lucr. 4, 262; plur. OINVORSEI, S. C. Bacch.), adj. [unus-verto, turned into one, combined into one whole], all together, all taken collectively, whole, entire, collective, general, universal (opp. singuli).

(α).

Sing.:

universa provincia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168:

terra,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

familia,

id. Caecin. 20, 58:

mare,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; 4, 2, 3:

universum mundum complecti,

id. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

Gallia,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 2:

triduum,

three days together, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 18:

vita,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

odium tantum ac tam universum,

id. Pis. 27, 65:

confusa atque universa defensio,

id. Sest. 2, 5:

universa et propria oratoris vis,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 64:

de universā philosophiā,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, 6:

bellum,

Liv. 7, 11, 1:

dimicatio,

a general engagement, id. 22, 32, 2; so,

pugna,

id. 27, 12, 9.—Strengthened by totus:

lupus Gregem universum voluit totum avortere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 134.—

(β).

Plur.:

de universis generibus rerum dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

ex iis rebus universis eloquentia constat, quibus in singulis elaborare permagnum est,

id. ib. 1, 5, 19:

ut eadem sit utilitas uniuscujusque et universorum,

id. Off. 3, 6, 26:

quae (virtus) etiam populos universos tueri soleat,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

in illum universi tela coniciunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44; 4, 26; 7, 17:

qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur: quid enim esse potest extra universa?

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73.—Strengthened by omnes:

id genus hominum omnibus Universis est adversum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 40:

talibus dictis universi omnes assensere,

App. M. 7, p. 189. —

II.

Substt.

A.

ūnĭversi, ōrum, m., the whole body of citizens, all men together:

cum crudelitate unius oppressi essent universi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 31, 43:

et earum urbium separatim ab universis singulos diligunt (di),

id. N. D. 2, 66, 165:

si universi videre optimum et in eo consentire possent, nihil opus esset pluribus,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 52; Suet. Galb. 10.—

B.

ūnĭversum, i, n., the whole world, the universe:

tum censet imagines divinitate praeditas inesse in universitate rerum: tum principia mentis, quae sunt in eodem universo, deos esse dicit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

genitor universi,

Col. 3, 10, 10.—

2.

Adverb.: in universum, as a whole, in general, generally (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

non nominatim, sed in universum,

Liv. 9, 26, 8: terra etsi aliquando specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda, Tac. G. 5; so id. ib. 6; Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50.—Hence, adv.: ūnĭversē, in general, generally (cf.:

omnmo, generatim, communiter): singillatim potius quam generatim atque universe loqui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:

cetera universe mandavi: illud proprie, ne pateretur prorogari nobis provincias,

id. Att. 5, 2, 1; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 268.