Latin adjective and determiner
omnis
omnis, omne
omnis is a Latin adjective and determiner. In the 9 analysed lines it was read in, it means “all” (4 times), “all things” (2 times), “of all” (once) and “of all men” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from omnis to the words it goes with.
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love, and let us value all the rumors of stricter old men as worth but a single penny.
omnes: describes rumoresque.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgians inhabit, the Aquitanians another, and those who are called Celts in their own language, Gauls in ours, inhabit the third.
omnis: describes Gallia.
Multitudinem finitimorum in civitatem recepit, centum ex senioribus legit, quorum consilio omnia ageret, quos senatores nominavit propter senectutem.
He received a multitude of neighbors into the state, chose one hundred from the elders, by whose counsel he would do all things, and named them senators on account of their old age.
omnia: object of ageret.
…nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora…
Has the nightly garrison on the Palatine not moved you at all, nor the watches of the city, nor the people's fear, nor the gathering of all good men, nor this strongly fortified place for holding the senate, nor the faces and expressions of these men?
omnium: goes with concursus (“of …”).
Ante mare et terras et quod tegit omnia caelum unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, quem…
Before the sea and lands and the heaven which covers all things, there was one face of nature in the whole world, which they called chaos: a rude and undigested mass, and nothing but inert weight and the discordant seeds of things not well joined together, heaped together in the same place.
omnia: object of tegit.
Haec omnia oppida urbem cingunt.
All these towns encircle the city.
omnia: describes oppida.
Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.
All these differ from one another in language, institutions, and laws.
omnes: renames Hi.
Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides?
Do you not perceive that your plans lie open, do you not see that your conspiracy is now held bound by the knowledge of all these men?
omnium: goes with scientia (“of …”).
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| omnium | Genitive · Plural · Masculine | 3 |
| omnia | Accusative · Plural · Neuter | 2 |
| omnes | Accusative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
| omnes | Nominative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
| omnia | Nominative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| omnis | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to omnis by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About agreementHow Latin adjectives, pronouns and participles agree with their nouns in case, number and gender, and why that lets them stand apart. With real lines.
- About word orderWhy a Latin adjective can sit far from its noun: the endings carry the grammar, so writers order words for emphasis. Lines from Virgil, Cicero and Horace.