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