communis

From Old Latin co(m)moinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-, from *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with Old English ġemǣne (“common”), related to immūnis, mūnia, mūnis, mūnus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.nis/, [kɔmˈmuː.nɪs]

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commūnis (neuter commūne); third declension

1. common, ordinary, commonplace, universal
2. of or for the community, public
3. democratic; representing the common sentiment
4. (of manners) familiar, accessible, courteous
5. (grammar) having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short.

Third declension.

• (common, ordinary): vulgāris

• communis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• communis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• communis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• communis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    
  • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    
  • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) we know from experience: usu rerum (vitae, vitae communis) edocti sumus
    
  • (ambiguous) unanimously: uno, communi, summo or omnium consensu (Tusc. 1. 15. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: communis sermonis consuetudo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere