mundus

Etymology 1

Two possibilities include:

• From Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌈 (muθ, “pit, mundus”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂nd- (“to adorn”) and cognate with Old High German mandag (“joyful, happy, dashing”); an Etruscan form 𐌈𐌍𐌖𐌌 (munθ) "order, kit, ornament" is attested also. Possibly also conflated in the sense of "clean, neat" with Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wash, wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmun.dus/, [ˈmʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmun.dus/, [ˈmun̪d̪us]

Adjective

mundus (feminine munda, neuter mundum, comparative mundior, superlative mundissimus, adverb munditer); first/second-declension adjective

1. clean, pure; neat
2. nice, fine, elegant, sophisticated
3. decorated, adorned
4. pure (trait)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mundus	munda	mundum		mundī	mundae	munda
Genitive	mundī	mundae	mundī		mundōrum	mundārum	mundōrum
Dative	mundō		mundō		mundīs
Accusative	mundum	mundam	mundum		mundōs	mundās	munda
Ablative	mundō	mundā	mundō		mundīs
Vocative	munde	munda	mundum		mundī	mundae	munda

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “clean, pure”): immundus

Derived terms

• munditer
• mundificō
• mundō
• munditia

Etymology 2

From mundus (adjective). In the sense “universe”, calque of Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos).

Noun

mundus m (genitive mundī); second declension

1. ornaments, decorations, dress (of a woman)
2. implement
3. universe, world, esp. the heavens and the heavenly bodies [ quotations ▼]
4. mankind (inhabitants of the earth) [ quotations ▼]
5. (Medieval Latin) century
6. (Medieval Latin) group of people

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mundus	mundī
Genitive	mundī	mundōrum
Dative	mundō	mundīs
Accusative	mundum	mundōs
Ablative	mundō	mundīs
Vocative	munde	mundī

Derived terms

• intermundia
• mundānus
• mundiālis
• Stupor mundī