totus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, “community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).

Adjective

tōtus m (feminine tōta, neuter tōtum); first/second declension

1. whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
2. all together, all at once

Inflection

Mixed declensions (1, 2, & 3). Irregular in that the singular genitive ends in -īus and the singular dative in -ī.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	tōtus	tōta	tōtum		tōtī	tōtae	tōta
genitive	tōtīus	tōtīus	tōtīus		tōtōrum	tōtārum	tōtōrum
dative	tōtī	tōtī	tōtī		tōtīs	tōtīs	tōtīs
accusative	tōtum	tōtam	tōtum		tōtōs	tōtās	tōta
ablative	tōtō	tōtā	tōtō		tōtīs	tōtīs	tōtīs
vocative	tōte	tōta	tōtum		tōtī	tōtae	tōta

Derived terms

• pars pro toto
• Tela Totius Terrae
• tōtālis

Descendants

Aromanian: tut Asturian: tou English: total (through totalis) Catalan: tot Dalmatian: tot French: tout Friulian: dut Italian: tutto

Occitan: tot Portuguese: todo Romanian: tot Romansch: tut Sardinian: totu Sicilian: tuttu Spanish: todo

See also

• integer