summa ae, f
summus; sc. res,
the top, summit
; hence, fig.,
the chief place, highest rank, leadership, supremacy
: vobis summam ordinis concedere: summam imperi
tenere,
the supreme power
, Cs.: ad te summa solum rerum redit,
T.: totius belli,
the command in chief
, Cs.—
The main thing, chief point, principal matter, sum, essence, substance
: leges non perfectae . . . sed ipsae summae rerum atque
sententiae,
the main points
: lectis rerum summis, L.: haec summa est; hic nostri nuntius esto, V.: summa est, si curaris, ut, etc.: universi belli,
the main issue of the war
, L.: ad summam rerum consulere,
for the general welfare
, Cs.: ad discrimen summā rerum
adductā,
to a general engagement
, L.: remittendo de summā quisque
iuris,
extreme right
, L.: summa ducum Atrides,
the flower of leaders
, O.—
An amount, sum, aggregate, whole, quantity
: de summā mali detrahere: summa cogitationum
mearum omnium: summa exercitūs salva,
the main body of the army
, Cs.—In reckoning,
the amount, sum, total, aggregate
: addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat:
subducamus summam.—Of money,
a sum, amount
: pecuniae summam quantam imperaverit, parum
convenit, L.: pecuniae summa homines
movit, L.—With
ellips
. of
pecuniae
: De summā nihil decedet, T.:
hac summā redempti,
L.—In the phrase, ad summam,
on the whole, generally, in short, in a word
: ille adfirmabat . . . ad summam; non posse istaec sic
abire: Ad summam; sapiens, etc.,
to sum up
, H.—In the phrase, in summā,
in all, in fine
: absolutus, in summā, quattuor sententiis: in omni
summā.