communis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →communa, communae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Bracton
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Government
common usage;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →communio, communire, communivi, communitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fortify strongly, entrench, barricade; strengthen, secure, reinforce;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →communis, communis, commune:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
common/joint/public; general/universal; [Doctor Communis => St.Thomas Aquinas]:; ordinary; sociable, courteous obliging; related, having something in common;; neutral; impartial (Mars); applicable on either side; same form for two cases;; shared/possessed/used by two/all parties; affecting whole state/community;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →commune, communis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
joint/common/public property/rights; public; public places/interests (pl.);; common feature, characteristic, general rule/terms; general; common lot/remedy;
gen. sg.
Examples
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...eorum oculis aliquo concederes. Nunc te patria, quae communis est parens omnium nostrum, odit ac metuit..."In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...nomen extinguere, punctum temporis frui vita et hoc communi spiritu non putat oportere atque hoc genus poenae saepe..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...usus, intellegi potest, quamquam aliquantum potest, quam communi omnium iudicio et optimi cuiusque studiis atque factis, qui permulta..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quattuor, partibus plures, aegritudo, formido, libido, quamque Stoici communi nomine corporis et animi ¾donÆn appellant, ego malo laetitiam..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...dici potest? Quae est igitur ista philosophia, quae communi more in foro loquitur, in libellis suo? Praesertim..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...bestiis homini communia, quoniam omnium est natura communis —, sed extrema illa et summa, quae quaerimus, inter animalium genera..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rima, quam duxerat olim, cum fieret, paries domui communis utrique. id vitium nulli per saecula longa notatum - quid..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...unus erat pariterque in bella ruebant; tum quoque communi portam statione tenebant. Nisus ait: 'dine hunc ardorem mentibus..."
