LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (pronominal declension)

tōtus1

tōtus (feminine tōta, neuter tōtum)
Classical[ˈtoː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔː.tus]
№ 78 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivewhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
    […] nōn esse dubium quīn tōtīus Galliae plūrimum Helvētiī possent […].[Orgetorix claimed that] there was no doubt that the Helvetii were the most [powerful] of all the Gallic [tribes] […] .c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.3
  2. adjectiveall together, all at once

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

whole, wholly
tōtus — in Seneca, ch. VIII

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
nominativetōtustōtatōtum
genitivetōtī̆ustōtī̆ustōtī̆us
dativetōtītōtītōtī
accusativetōtumtōtamtōtum
ablativetōtōtōtātōtō
vocativetōtetōtatōtum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetōtītōtaetōta
genitivetōtōrumtōtārumtōtōrum
dativetōtīstōtīstōtīs
accusativetōtōstōtāstōta
ablativetōtīstōtīstōtīs
vocativetōtītōtaetōta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

per totum corpus diffundi
to spread over the whole body.
fides tota Italia est angusta
credit is low throughout Italy.
se (totum) libidinibus dedere
to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery.
se totum litteris tradere, dedere
to devote oneself entirely to literature.
totum se committere, tradere alicui
to put oneself entirely in some one's hands.
se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure.
totius mundi convenientia et consensus
the perfect harmony of the universe.
se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
to be quite engrossed in literary studies.
4 more phrases
totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)
to upset the whole system.
aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart.
totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state.
totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature.

tōtus, a, um (
I. gen. tōtīus, but scanned tōtĭus, Lucr. 1, 984; 3, 97; 3, 275; 3, 989; 4, 1028; 5, 477 al.; collat. form of the gen.: toti familiae, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 694 P.; dat. toti; but masc.: toto exercitui, Caes. B. G. 7, 89: toto orbi, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 57; fem.: totae familiae, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.: totae insulae, Nep. Tim. 3, 2; and: totae rei, Auct. Her. ap. Prisc. p. 678 P.), all, all the (denoting a thing in its entireness), the whole, entire, total.
I. In gen.: ut unum opus, totum atque perfectum ex omnibus totis atque perfectis absolveret, Cic. Univ. 5 fin.: cui senatus totam rem publicam, omnem Italiae pubem, cuncta populi Romani arma commiserat, id. Mil. 23, 61: totum corpus rei publicae, id. Off. 1, 25, 85: omne caelum, totamque cum universo mari terram mente complexus, id. Fin. 2, 34, 112: ut totā mente atque omnibus artubus contremiscam, id. de Or. 1, 26, 121: universā re et totā sententiā dissidere, id. Fin. 4, 1, 2: aedes totae confulgebant, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 44; cf. id. Most. 1, 2, 68: eant per totam caveam, id. ib. prol. 66: pervigilat noctes totas, id. Aul. 1, 1, 33: eāque totā nocte continenter ierunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: ut Romae per totam urbem vigiliae haberentur, Sall. C. 30, 7: cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subjecisset, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 1, 36, 57: et ipsa Peloponnesus fere tota in mari est, id. ib. 2, 4, 8.—In abl., without in: concursabat urbe totā maxima multitudo, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93; so, urbe totā, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 23: totā Asiā, id. Phil. 11, 2, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: totā Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120: totā Italiā, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: totā provinciā, id. ib. 2, 18: toto caelo, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95 al.; cf. Hand, Turs. III. p. 248 sq.; Haase ad Reisig, Vorles. p. 708; Zumpt, Gram. § 482. — Less freq. with in: totāque in Italiā, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78: in Siciliā totā, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: in toto inperio, id. Lig. 3, 7: in toto orbe terrarum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 99: in totā vitā, id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29: in toto imperio tuo, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32: toto in orbe terrarum, Liv. 37, 10, 25: totā in civitate, id. 29, 14, 8.—
B. Esp. in agreement with subj. where we use an adv. qualifying the verb, etc., altogether, wholly, entirely: tota sum misera in metu, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 59; cf.: Ctesipho in amore est totus, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50: nescio quid meditans nugarum, totus in illis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 2: totus et mente et animo in bellum insistit, applied himself wholly, Caes. B. G. 6, 5: qui esset totus ex fraude et mendacio factus, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: virtus in usu sui tota posita est, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: sum totus vester, id. Fam. 15, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: Catoni studio meo me totum ab adulescentiā dedidi, id. Rep. 2, 1, 1; cf.: homines qui se totos tradiderunt voluptatibus, id. Lael. 23, 86; id. Att. 14, 11, 2: falsum est id totum, id. Rep. 2, 15, 28. —
II. Neutr. absol.
A. Subst., all, the whole, opp. dimidium, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 33; Sen. Apocol. 8; opp. pars, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 21: totum in eo est, tectorium ut concinnum sit, all depends on this, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1: totum in eo sit, ne contractentur pocula, Col 12, 4, 3. —
B. Adverb. phrases with a prep.
1. Ex toto, wholly, completely, entirely, altogether, totally (post-Aug.): creta ex toto repudianda est, Col. 5, 8, 6; 5, 6, 17; 2, 20, 2; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 6; 2, 6, 3; 3, 12, 4; 3, 42, 1; id. Ep. 75, 11; Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54; Cels. 1, 4 fin.; 3, 14 init.; 8, 20 med.; 7, 4, 3 and 9; 7, 10 fin.; 8, 2; Ov. P. 4, 8, 72; Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 8; 3, 16, 24.—*
2. In toto, upon the whole, in general, generally, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4.—
3. In totum (post-Aug.).
a. Wholly, entirely, altogether, totally: res in totum diversa, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 90; id. praef. § 26; 2, 90, 92, § 205; 10, 4, 5, § 16; 25, 4, 17, § 36; 35, 2, 2, § 4; Quint. 3, 9, 58; 4, 1, 63; 4, 1, 72; 7, 1, 31; Col. 1, 7, 2; 2, 1, 2; Sen. Ira, 1, 17, 7; id. Ep. 72, 6; id. Q. N. 2, 27, 3; Just. 32, 1, 9.—
b. Upon the whole, in general: in totum praecipimus: ut, etc., Col. 11, 2, 80; 3, 2, 31.

Origins

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Oscan touto, Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), from Proto-Italic *toutā (“people; populace, citizenship”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesetodofrom Old Galician-Portuguese todo
  • Portuguesetudofrom Old Galician-Portuguese todo
  • Asturiantou
  • Falatófrom Old Galician-Portuguese todo
  • Galiciantodofrom Old Galician-Portuguese todo
  • Old Spanishtodo
  • Aragonesetot
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalantot
  • Occitantotfrom Old Occitan tot
  • Franco-Provençaltot
  • Old Frenchtot
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniantot
  • Aromaniantut
  • Aromaniantot
  • Istro-Romaniantot
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniantottu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantutto
  • Corsicantuttu
  • Dalmatiantot
  • Istriotdoûto
  • Judeo-Italianטוּטוֹ
  • Neapolitantutto
  • Siciliantuttu
  • Venetantuto
  • Venetantut
  • Venetandut
Borrowings
  • Interlinguatote
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliandut
  • Ladindut
  • Romanshtut
  • Romanshtot
  • Romanshtuot
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliantótt
  • Lombardtut
  • Lombardtucc
  • Piedmontesetut
  • Piedmontesetüt
  • Romagnoltot

In English words that came into English from tōtus

  • totaltōtālis
  • tuttitōtus
  • totipalmatetōtus
  • teetotumtotum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tŏtus2
tŏtus (feminine tŏta, neuter tŏtum)
Classical[ˈtɔ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɔː.tus]
№ 78 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiverareso great a ——
    quotcumque pedum spatia facienda censueris, totam partem longitudinis et latitudinis ducesof however many feet you have determined the gaps are to be made, you will take as great a part of the length and breadth

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetŏtustŏtatŏtum
genitivetŏtītŏtaetŏtī
dativetŏtōtŏtaetŏtō
accusativetŏtumtŏtamtŏtum
ablativetŏtōtŏtātŏtō
vocativetŏtetŏtatŏtum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetŏtītŏtaetŏta
genitivetŏtōrumtŏtārumtŏtōrum
dativetŏtīstŏtīstŏtīs
accusativetŏtōstŏtāstŏta
ablativetŏtīstŏtīstŏtīs
vocativetŏtītŏtaetŏta

tŏtus, a, um, adj. tot,
I. so great a (very rare): quotcumque pedum spatia facienda censueris, totam partem longitudinis et latitudinis duces, Col. 5, 3, 5: tota pars, Manil. 3, 416.

Origins

From tot (“so many”).

In English words that came into English from tŏtus

  • totipotenttŏtus

Quick answers

What does tōtus mean in Latin?
tōtus, a adjective, means “whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part; all together, all at once”.
How do you pronounce tōtus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtoː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɔː.tus].
Which English words come from tōtus?
English words that go back to Latin tōtus include tutti, totipalmate, teetotum and total.