universitas
Latin > English
universitas universitatis N F :: university
universitas universitas universitatis N F :: universe, sum of all things; whole; over-all aspect; corporate body, community
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ūnĭversĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I the whole.
I Lit.: universitas generis humani, Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 164: in universitate rerum, i. e. in the universe, id. ib. 1, 43, 120: communem rerum naturam universitatemque omnia continentem, id. ib. 1, 15, 39 B. and K.: hoc interdictum ad universitatem bonorum, non ad singulas res pertinet, Dig. 43, 2, 1: aedificii, ib. 41, 1, 7: aedium, ib. 41, 3, 23: non tantum universitati ejus attendas, verum etiam particulas persequaris, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3: orationis, id. ib. 2, 5, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 15, 5: res per universitatem adquirere, in the aggregate, of succession to the entire property of a person, Gai Inst. 2, 97 sq.; 2, 191; Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 13.—
II Transf., concr.
A The whole number of things, the whole world, the universe: universitatis corpus, Cic. Univ. 5; so id. ib. 12: volubilis, Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11: ambitus terrae totius ad magnitudinem universitatis instar obtuet puncti, Amm. 15, 1, 4.—
B A number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc. (jurid. Lat.): universitatis sunt, non singulorum, veluti quae in civitatibus sunt theatra et stadia et similia et siqua alia sunt communia civitatum, Dig. 1, 8, 6: quae (res) publicae sunt nullius in bonis creduntur, ipsius enim universitatis esse creduntur, Gai Inst. 2, 11: quod cujusque universitatis nomine vel contra eam agetur, Dig. 3, 4, 2: de libertis universitatum, ib. 38, tit. 3; Gai Inst. 2, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ūnĭversĭtās,¹⁴ ātis, f. (universus),
1 universalité, totalité, ensemble : generis humani Cic. Nat. 2, 164, l’ensemble du genre humain ; orationis Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 5, 7, ensemble d’un discours
2 universitas Cic. Tim. 6, et universitas rerum Cic. Nat. 1, 120, l’ensemble des choses, l’univers
3 corps, compagnie, corporation, communauté, etc. : Dig. 1, 8, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
ūniversitās, ātis, f. (universus), der Inbegriff aller Dinge eines Ganzen, die Gesamtheit, das Ganze, I) eig. (Ggstz. pars, portiones): generis humani, das ganze menschliche Geschlecht, Cic.: rerum, das Weltall, Cic.: universitatem commendat, die ganze Rede, die Rede überhaupt, Plin. ep.: bonorum, sämtliche Güter (Vermögen), ICt.: aedificii, ICt. – II) übtr.: A) die Gesamtheit der Dinge, die Welt, das Weltall, Cic. u.a.: corpus universitatis (sc. rerum), Cic. – B) eine gesellschaftliche Gesamtheit, das Kollegium, die Gilde, Kommune, auch im Plur., ICt.
Latin > Chinese
universitas, atis. f. :: 世界。聚之衆名。萬物。— hujus rei 化事之要。De universitate libri pronuntiare 斷全書好歹。Universitates 各學院。