"communis" meaning in Latin

See communis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /komˈmuː.nis/ [Classical-Latin], [kɔmˈmuːnɪs̠] [Classical-Latin], /komˈmu.nis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [komˈmuːnis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin co(m)moinis, from Proto-Italic *kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s, from *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”), related to immūnis, mūnia, mūnis, mūnus (compare Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”)). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|comoinis|co(m)moinis}} Old Latin co(m)moinis, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kommoinis}} Proto-Italic *kommoinis, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*ḱom-moy-ni-s}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s, {{cog|gem-pro|*gamainiz||shared, communal; common}} Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”), {{cog|itc-pro|*moinos||service}} Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”) Head templates: {{la-adj|commūnis|adv=commūniter|comp=commūnior}} commūnis (neuter commūne, comparative commūnior, adverb commūniter); third-declension two-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|commūnis}} Forms: commūnis [canonical], commūne [neuter], commūnior [comparative], commūniter [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], commūnis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], commūne [neuter, nominative, singular], commūnēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], commūnia [neuter, nominative, plural], commūnis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], commūnium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter], commūnī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], commūnibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], commūnem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], commūne [accusative, neuter, singular], commūnēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], commūnīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], commūnia [accusative, neuter, plural], commūnī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], commūnibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], commūnis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], commūne [neuter, singular, vocative], commūnēs [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], commūnia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together Tags: declension-3, two-termination Synonyms: vulgāris (english: common, ordinary)
    Sense id: en-communis-la-adj-RmthNId3
  2. of or for the community, public Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-communis-la-adj-SfN-u04i
  3. democratic; representing the common sentiment Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-communis-la-adj-APgdrtaU
  4. (of manners) familiar, accessible, courteous Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-communis-la-adj-jwPABJWm
  5. (grammar) having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short. Tags: declension-3, two-termination Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-communis-la-adj-a03XaM64 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 1 22 24 45 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 23 8 16 15 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 0 14 14 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 0 14 10 68 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commūnālis, commūne, commūnicātiō, commūnicātor, commūnicātus, commūnicō, commūniō, commūnitās, commūniter, commūnītiō, commūnitus, commūnītus, sēnsus commūnis
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  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“[Helen,] the common Fury of Troy and of her homeland, had hidden herself and was cowering unseen beside the altars.”\n(See: Erinys.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.573–574",
          "roman": "abdiderat sēsē atque ārīs invīsa sedēbat.”",
          "text": "“… Troiae et patriae commūnis Erīnys,"
        }
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        [
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        [
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          "more"
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          "word": "vulgāris"
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-communis-la-adj-SfN-u04i",
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      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/komˈmuː.nis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[kɔmˈmuːnɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    {
      "ipa": "/komˈmu.nis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[komˈmuːnis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "communis"
}
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    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "commūne"
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    {
      "word": "commūniō"
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      "word": "commūniter"
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      "word": "commūnītiō"
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    {
      "word": "commūnitus"
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    {
      "word": "commūnītus"
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      "word": "sēnsus commūnis"
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          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: comun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: comun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "comune"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: comune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: comune"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cumuni",
            "3": "cummuni"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: cumuni, cummuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: cumuni, cummuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "comú"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: comú",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: comú"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "comun"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: comun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: comun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "comun"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: comun\nFrench: commun\n→ Romanian: comun\nNorman: commun\n→ Middle English: comun\nEnglish: common",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: comun\nFrench: commun\n→ Romanian: comun\nNorman: commun\n→ Middle English: comun\nEnglish: common"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "comun"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: comun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: comun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "comùn"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: comùn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: comùn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "común"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: común",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: común"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "comum"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: comum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: comum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "común"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: común",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: común"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "comoinis",
        "4": "co(m)moinis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin co(m)moinis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kommoinis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kommoinis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱom-moy-ni-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*gamainiz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shared, communal; common"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*moinos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "service"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin co(m)moinis, from Proto-Italic *kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s, from *mey- (“to change”).\nCognate with Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”), related to immūnis, mūnia, mūnis, mūnus (compare Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commūnis",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūne",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūniter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commūnia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "commūnis",
        "adv": "commūniter",
        "comp": "commūnior"
      },
      "expansion": "commūnis (neuter commūne, comparative commūnior, adverb commūniter); third-declension two-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "commūnis"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“[Helen,] the common Fury of Troy and of her homeland, had hidden herself and was cowering unseen beside the altars.”\n(See: Erinys.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.573–574",
          "roman": "abdiderat sēsē atque ārīs invīsa sedēbat.”",
          "text": "“… Troiae et patriae commūnis Erīnys,"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "commonplace",
          "commonplace"
        ],
        [
          "ordinary",
          "ordinary"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "universal",
          "universal"
        ],
        [
          "shared",
          "shared"
        ],
        [
          "alike",
          "alike"
        ],
        [
          "both",
          "both"
        ],
        [
          "sides",
          "sides"
        ],
        [
          "belonging",
          "belonging"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "common, ordinary",
          "word": "vulgāris"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of or for the community, public"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "democratic; representing the common sentiment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "democratic",
          "democratic"
        ],
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "sentiment",
          "sentiment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "familiar, accessible, courteous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar"
        ],
        [
          "accessible",
          "accessible"
        ],
        [
          "courteous",
          "courteous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of manners) familiar, accessible, courteous"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of manners"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "both",
          "both"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ],
        [
          "passive",
          "passive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/komˈmuː.nis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔmˈmuːnɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/komˈmu.nis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[komˈmuːnis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "communis"
}

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