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adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

omnis

omnis (neuter omne)
Classical[ˈɔm.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔm.nis]
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Meaning

  1. singulartwo terminationevery
    omni vitio carereto be free from faults
    ius ac fas omne delereto trample all law under foot
  2. singulartwo terminationwhole, the entirety, all
    Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partes trēsAll Gaul is divided into three partsc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.1
  3. in pluraltwo terminationall
    in omnes partesin all directions
    omnes doctiall learned men
  4. in pluralmasculinenoun from verbtwo terminationeveryone, all
    domus non omnes capitthe house is not large enough for all
    omnium consensuunanimously
  5. in pluralneuternoun from verbtwo terminationeverything, all
    Omnia vincit amor.Love conquers all.
    in te omnia sunteverything depends on you

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

all
omnēs — in Seneca, ch. V

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Quisque · Quivis · Quilibet · Unusquisque · Omnes · Universi · Cuncti · Totus

1. Quisque, quivis, and quilibet, denote a totality, which is cut up into several individualities; whereas omnes, universi, and cuncti, denote a combined totality. 2. Quisque means each individual; quivis, any individual you choose, without exception, and with emphasis; quilibet, any individual whatever, without selection, and with indifference, like ὁστισοῦν, synonymously with primus quisque, ὁ τυχών. Propert. ii. 6, 26. Templa pudicitiæ quid opus statuisse puellis, si cuivis nuptæ cuilibet esse licet? apud Lachmann. Cic. Fam. viii. 10. Quidvis quamlibet tenue munusculum. 3. Quisque is an enclitic, that is, throws back the accent on the preceding word, and in prose never stands at the beginning of a sentence, like ἕκαστος; whereas unusquisque is accented and emphatic, like εἷς ἕκαστος. 4. Unusquisque denotes each individual, in opp. to some individuals; whereas singuli, individuals, in opp. to the undivided totality, like ἕκαστοι. 5. Omnes (ἅπαντες) denotes all without exception, merely as a totality, in opp. to nemo, unus, aliquot. Cic. Sext. 12, 27. Off. iii. 6, like πάντες; whereas universi, all taken collectively, in opp. to singuli and unusquisque. Cic. N. D. ii. 17. 65, 66. Off. iii. 6, like σύμπαντες; lastly, cuncti (ξυνεκτοί) all in their combined reality, in opp. to dispersi, like ἅπαντες. Liv. vii. 35. Admonitione paventibus cunctis quum omnium in se vertisset oculos Decius. Nep. Dat. 5. Qui illum unum pluris quam se omnes fieri videbant. Quo facto cuncti ad eum opprimendum consenserunt. 6. Totus, solidus, and integer denote that which is originally a whole, but which is liable to fall to pieces by accident, like ὅλος; whereas omnis, universus, and cunctus, denote original individualities, which form a whole by their association, like πᾶς, σύμπας, ἅπας. (iv. 352.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeomnisomnisomne
genitiveomnisomnisomnis
dativeomnīomnīomnī
accusativeomnemomnemomne
ablativeomnīomnīomnī
vocativeomnisomnisomne
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeomnēsomnēs
omniae
omnia
genitiveomniumomnium
omniārum
omnium
dativeomnibusomnibusomnibus
accusativeomnīs
omnēs
omnīs
omnēs, omniās
omnia
ablativeomnibusomnibusomnibus
vocativeomnēsomnēsomnia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in te omnia sunt
everything depends on you.
omni vitio carere
to be free from faults.
omnia modice agere
to be moderate in all things, commit no excess.
inter omnes constat
it is a recognised fact.
per omnium ora ferri
to be in every one's mouth.
nisi omnia me fallunt
unless I'm greatly mistaken.
homines omnis generis
people of every rank.
omnia iura pervertere
to trample all law under foot.
52 more phrases
omnes leges confundere
to upset the whole constitution.
ius ac fas omne delere
to trample all law under foot.
omnia verba huc redeunt
all this means to say.
omnes philosophiae loci
the whole domain of philosophy.
omnes labores exanclare
to drain the cup of sorrow.
omnes ad arma convocare
to issue a general call to arms.
ad unum omnes perierunt
they perished to a man.
omnia strata sunt ferro
all have perished by the sword.
haec omnia, quae videmus
the visible world.
in ea re omnia vertuntur
all depends on this; this is the decisive point.
omnia turbare ac miscere
to cause universal disorder.
omnia ad veritatem dicere
to be truthful in all one's statements.
omnia perpeti paratum esse
to be ready to endure anything.
vir omni doctrina eruditus
a man perfect in all branches of learning.
omnibus membris captum esse
to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed.
ad omnes casus se comparare
to prepare oneself for all contingencies.
omnibus rebus circumspectis
after mature deliberation.
omnibus opibus circumfluere
to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence.
omni laude cumulare aliquem
to overwhelm with eulogy.
existimatio hominum, omnium
the common opinion, the general idea.
omnium rerum copia diffluere
to be abandoned to a life of excess.
omnes officii partes exsequi
to fulfil one's duty in every detail.

omnĭs, e (omnia is freq. a dissyl. in the poets, as Verg. G. 4, 221; id. A. 6, 33; Lucr. 1, 1106 Lachm.), adj. etym. dub.; perh. akin to ambo and Gr. ἀμφί (syn.: cunctus, universus),
I. all, every: omnium rerum, quas ad beate vivendum sapientia comparaverit, nihil esse majus amicitiā, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: ego nulli omnium neque populorum neque regum ... non ausim me comparare, Liv. 37, 53, 20: nemo omnium imperatorum, qui vivunt, id. 42, 34, 7.—With sup.: cur, si cuiquam novo civi potuerit adimi civitas, non omnibus antiquissimis civibus possit, all, even of the oldest families, Cic. Caecin. 35, 101: id effugiet qui non omnia minima repetet, id. Part. Or. 17, 60.—Cf. with etiam: ut omnium tibi auxilia adjungas, etiam infimorum, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 12: omnibus tuis etiam minimis commodis, Treb. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 1; Sall. C. 44, 5: Nero ad omnes etiam minimos Circenses commeabat, Suet. Ner. 22.—But with summa, extrema, and ultima, the neutr. plur. omnia is often closely connected in a distributive sense (= quidquid summum, etc.): a te, qui nobis omnia summa tribuis, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 15: sed is omnia summa sperans aedilicius est mortuus, id. Brut. 28, 109: constituit extrema omnia experiri, Sall. C. 26, 5: quod omnia ultima pati quam se regi tradere maluissent, Liv. 37, 54, 2: omnes omnium ordinum homines, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20: omnibus precibus petere contendit, with prayers of every kind, most urgently, Caes. B. G. 5, 6.—Esp. as subst.
A. omnes, ium, comm., all men, all persons: quis est omnium, qui? etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: unus ex omnibus, id. de Or. 1, 22, 99.—With gen. part.: Macedonum omnes, Liv. 31, 45, 7: praetorum, nisi qui inter tumultum effugerunt, omnes interficiuntur, id. 24, 32, 8; cf. id. 10, 31, 5; cf. also: ut omnes Tarquiniae gentis exules essent, id. 2, 2, 11: omnes Hernici nominis, id. 9, 42, 11.—
B. omnĭa, ĭum, n., all things: omnium nomine quicumque ludos faciunt, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9: omnia facere, to do every thing, make every exertion, spare no pains, Cic. Lael. 10, 35: omnia fore prius arbitratus sum, quam, etc., I should have believed any thing rather than that, etc., id. Att. 8, 11, 5: omnia mihi sunt cum aliquo, I agree with him on all topics, in all points (but mihi omnia communia sunt is the better read., Baiter), id. Fam. 13, 1, 2: in eo sunt omnia, every thing depends on that, id. ib. 15, 14, 5: omnia, quae sunt ad vivendum necessaria, id. Off. 1, 4, 11; 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3: omnia, quaecumque agimus, Liv. 30, 31, 6: esse omnia alicui, to be one's all, Ov. H. 12, 162: Demetrius iis unus omnia est, Liv. 40, 11: per omnia, in all points, in every thing, in every respect, Quint. 5, 2, 3: vir alioqui per omnia laudabilis, Vell. 2, 33: plebes omnia quam bellum malebat, Liv. 2, 39, 8; Sall. J. 79, 7; cf. Cic. Quint. 26, 82: eadem omnia, just the same: mihi certum est efficere in me omnia eadem, quae tu in te faxis, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 23: alia omnia, just the contrary: te alia omnia, quam quae velis, agere, moleste ferrem, Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2; cf. alius, 6: omnia, adverbially, altogether, entirely, in every respect: tramites, omnia plani et ex facili mobiles, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 25, 3: omnia Mercurio similis, in all respects, Verg. A. 4, 558.—
II. In sing., every, all, the whole: militat omnis amans, every lover, all lovers, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 1: quia sine omni malitiā'st, without any (colloq. for sine ullā), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 57; so, sine omni periclo, Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; but: ne sine omni quidem sapientiā, not without all knowledge, a complete philosophy, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 5: cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quattuor, id. Off. 1, 43, 152: materia ad omnem laudem, et publice, et privatim, etc., every kind of, Liv. 6, 22, 6: castra plena omnis fortunae publicae privataeque, id. 22, 42, 6: cenare holus omne, every kind of, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, the whole of Gallia, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.: omnis insula est in circuitu vicies centena millia passuum, id. ib. 5, 13: caelum, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: corpus intenditur, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56: sanguinem suum omnem profundere, every drop of, all, id. Clu. 6, 18: omnis in hoc sum, I am wholly engaged in this, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11.—With plur. verb: omnis Graecia decoravere, etc., Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19.—As subst.: omne, is, n., every thing: nos autem, ab omni quod abhorret ab oculorum auriumque adprobatione, fugiamus, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128 al.—Hence, adv.: omnīno, q. v.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *opnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-ni-s (“working”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”, and hence “to possess”). Related to ops and opus. It could also reflect the base Proto-Indo-European *h₁op- (“to work, to take”) (compare optō), to which De Vaan gives a slight preference for semantic reasons.

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianonni
  • Sardinianonnia
  • Sardiniandonni
  • Sardiniandonnia
  • Sardinianonzi
  • Sardinianonza
  • Sardiniandonzi
  • Sardiniandonza
  • Sardinianogni
  • Sardinianogna
Italo-Romance
  • Italianogni
  • Italianogne
  • Italianonni
  • Italianonne
  • Neapolitanogne
  • Neapolitanonne
  • Neapolitanone
  • Sicilianogni
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchà l'onnifrom Old French oni
Borrowings
  • Englishomnibus
  • Idoomna
  • Interlinguaomne
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianògni

Quick answers

What does omnis mean in Latin?
omnis, a adjective, means “every; whole, the entirety, all; all”.
How do you pronounce omnis?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔm.nɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔm.nis].