omnis
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.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈom.nis/, [ˈɔmnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈom.nis/, [ˈɔmnis]
Adjective
omnis (neuter omne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (in the singular) every [ quotations ▼]
- (in the singular) whole, the entirety, all [ quotations ▼]
- (in the plural) all [ quotations ▼]
- Omnia vincit amor.
- Love conquers all.
Usage notes
- In separating omnis from tōtus it can be useful to remember Quintilian's sentence (Ins.Or.8.3.70), "minus est tamen tōtum dīcere, quam omnia" ("It is less to say the whole, than all the parts.").
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | omnis | omne | omnēs | omnia | |
| Genitive | omnis | omnium | |||
| Dative | omnī | omnibus | |||
| Accusative | omnem | omne | omnēs omnīs |
omnia | |
| Ablative | omnī | omnibus | |||
| Vocative | omnis | omne | omnēs | omnia | |