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ūnĭversus , a, um (poet. contr., unvorsum, Lucr. 4, 262; plur. OINVORSEI, S. C. Bacch.), adj. unus-verto, turned into one, combined into one whole,
I.all together, all taken collectively, whole, entire, collective, general, universal (opp. singuli).
II. Substt.
2. Adverb.: in universum, as a whole, in general, generally (not in Cic. or Cæs.): “non nominatim, sed in universum,Liv. 9, 26, 8: terra etsi aliquando specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda, Tac. G. 5; so id. ib. 6; Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50.—Hence, adv.: ūnĭversē , in general, generally (cf.: “omnmo, generatim, communiter): singillatim potius quam generatim atque universe loqui,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143: “cetera universe mandavi: illud proprie, ne pateretur prorogari nobis provincias,id. Att. 5, 2, 1; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 268.
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