I.all, every: “omnium rerum, quas ad beate vivendum sapientia comparaverit, nihil esse majus amicitiā,” Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: “ego nulli omnium neque populorum neque regum ... non ausim me comparare,” Liv. 37, 53, 20: “nemo omnium imperatorum, qui vivunt,” id. 42, 34, 7.—With sup.: cur, si cuiquam novo civi potuerit adimi civitas, non omnibus antiquissimis civibus possit, all, even of the oldest families, Cic. Caecin. 35, 101: “id effugiet qui non omnia minima repetet,” id. Part. Or. 17, 60.—Cf. with etiam: “ut omnium tibi auxilia adjungas, etiam infimorum,” Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 12: omnibus tuis etiam minimis commodis, Treb. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 1; Sall. C. 44, 5: “Nero ad omnes etiam minimos Circenses commeabat,” Suet. Ner. 22.—But with summa, extrema, and ultima, the neutr. plur. omnia is often closely connected in a distributive sense (= quidquid summum, etc.): “a te, qui nobis omnia summa tribuis,” Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 15: “sed is omnia summa sperans aedilicius est mortuus,” id. Brut. 28, 109: “constituit extrema omnia experiri,” Sall. C. 26, 5: “quod omnia ultima pati quam se regi tradere maluissent,” Liv. 37, 54, 2: “omnes omnium ordinum homines,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20: “omnibus precibus petere contendit,” with prayers of every kind, most urgently, Caes. B. G. 5, 6.—Esp. as subst.
A. omnes , ium, comm., all men, all persons: “quis est omnium, qui? etc.,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: “unus ex omnibus,” id. de Or. 1, 22, 99.—With gen. part.: “Macedonum omnes,” Liv. 31, 45, 7: “praetorum, nisi qui inter tumultum effugerunt, omnes interficiuntur,” id. 24, 32, 8; cf. id. 10, 31, 5; cf. “also: ut omnes Tarquiniae gentis exules essent,” id. 2, 2, 11: “omnes Hernici nominis,” id. 9, 42, 11.—
B. omnĭa , ĭum, n., all things: “omnium nomine quicumque ludos faciunt, etc.,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9: “omnia facere,” to do every thing, make every exertion, spare no pains, Cic. Lael. 10, 35: omnia fore prius arbitratus sum, quam, etc., I should have believed any thing rather than that, etc., id. Att. 8, 11, 5: omnia mihi sunt cum aliquo, I agree with him on all topics, in all points (but mihi omnia communia sunt is the better read., Baiter), id. Fam. 13, 1, 2: “in eo sunt omnia,” every thing depends on that, id. ib. 15, 14, 5: “omnia, quae sunt ad vivendum necessaria,” id. Off. 1, 4, 11; 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3: “omnia, quaecumque agimus,” Liv. 30, 31, 6: “esse omnia alicui,” to be one's all, Ov. H. 12, 162: “Demetrius iis unus omnia est,” Liv. 40, 11: “per omnia,” in all points, in every thing, in every respect, Quint. 5, 2, 3: “vir alioqui per omnia laudabilis,” Vell. 2, 33: “plebes omnia quam bellum malebat,” Liv. 2, 39, 8; Sall. J. 79, 7; cf. Cic. Quint. 26, 82: eadem omnia, just the same: “mihi certum est efficere in me omnia eadem, quae tu in te faxis,” Plaut. As. 3, 3, 23: alia omnia, just the contrary: “te alia omnia, quam quae velis, agere, moleste ferrem,” Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2; cf. alius, 6: omnia, adverbially, altogether, entirely, in every respect: “tramites, omnia plani et ex facili mobiles,” Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 25, 3: “omnia Mercurio similis,” in all respects, Verg. A. 4, 558.—
II. In sing., every, all, the whole: “militat omnis amans,” every lover, all lovers, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 1: quia sine omni malitiā'st, without any (colloq. for sine ullā), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 57; so, “sine omni periclo,” Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; “but: ne sine omni quidem sapientiā,” not without all knowledge, a complete philosophy, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 5: “cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quattuor,” id. Off. 1, 43, 152: “materia ad omnem laudem, et publice, et privatim, etc.,” every kind of, Liv. 6, 22, 6: “castra plena omnis fortunae publicae privataeque,” id. 22, 42, 6: “cenare holus omne,” every kind of, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 2: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres,” the whole of Gallia, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.: “omnis insula est in circuitu vicies centena millia passuum,” id. ib. 5, 13: “caelum,” Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: “corpus intenditur,” id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56: “sanguinem suum omnem profundere,” every drop of, all, id. Clu. 6, 18: “omnis in hoc sum,” I am wholly engaged in this, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 11.—With plur. verb: omnis Graecia decoravere, etc., Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19.—As subst.: omne , is, n., every thing: “nos autem, ab omni quod abhorret ab oculorum auriumque adprobatione, fugiamus,” Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128 al.—Hence, adv.: omnīno , q. v.
