omnis Latin · revision 5258

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔm.nɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔm.nis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''omnis''' (neuter omne); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan considers [[itc-pro|*op-ni-]], an adjective in *-ni- meaning “working”, from [[ine-pro|*h₁/₃ep-]], since the lack of a change *omn- > *umn- suggests that ⟨mn⟩ came from another cluster; the stem is that of [[ops]] “wealth” and [[opus]] “work”.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary gives the same derivation, with *h₃ep- “to work” and hence “to possess”.^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short compared [[ambō]] and [[grc|ἀμφί|tr=amphí]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler places his career before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the singular it meant the whole of something, as in ''omnem rem'' “the whole matter”, and also each or every, as in ''omnis aetās'' “every age”.^(OLD 2012) In the plural it meant all, either together or each one, and as a noun ''omnēs'' was everyone and ''omnia'' everything.^(OLD 2012) Phrases include ''ante omnia'' “above all” and ''per omnia'' “in every respect”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein contrasts [[quisque]], [[quīvīs]] and [[quīlibet]], which divide a whole into individuals, with ''omnēs'', [[ūniversus|alt=ūniversī]] and [[cūnctus|alt=cūnctī]], which denote the whole taken together.^(Döderlein 1874) In medieval Latin it could mean “whole, entire”, like [[tōtus]], and with a negative “none”.^(Niermeyer 1976) Its derivatives include [[omnīnō]] “altogether” and [[omnipotēns]] “almighty”.^(de Vaan 2008) The dative plural ''omnibus'' “for all” gave French ''voiture omnibus'' and [[en|omnibus]] (1829).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the singular of the whole thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of a man worthy of every praise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1829 – English ''omnibus'' is recorded, from the Latin dative plural.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # (singular) The whole of, all of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural) All, the full number of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (singular) Each, [[m|en|every]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # All possible, every kind of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Whole, entire; with a negative, none.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''omnēs'' (masculine plural), everyone, ''omnia'' (neuter plural), everything.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[omnicanus]]

+ * [[omnicarpus]]

+ * [[omniciēns]]

+ * [[omnicolor]]

+ * [[omnicreans]]

+ * [[omnifārius]]

+ * [[omnifluentia]]

+ * [[omnifōrmis]]

+ * [[omnigenus]]

+ * [[omnimedens]]

+ * [[omnimodus]]

+ * [[omninominis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tōtus]]

+ * [[ops]]

+ * [[opus]]

+ * [[en|omnibus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}