GENERAL Copy link • GENERAL 1. adj., generalis (relating to the whole): communis (common; of or belonging to all): vulgaris: tritus (in common use; usual every where). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vulgaris communisque: sometimes omnis (e.g., a general laugh followed, omnium consecutus est risus; there is a general agreement, omnes uno ore consentiunt). In general; Vid: GENERALLY. 2. s. dux: dux belli or exercitus: praetor (= prae-itor, a general of people who were not Romans, especially of their land forces, στρατηφός; especially in Nep.; Vid: Commentators ad Milt., 4; but imperator is also used of foreign generals): imperator (a general or commander-in-chief, especially a general worthy of the name, a great general; Vid: Cic., Or., 1, 48, 210). A general of cavalry, praefectus equitum (general term); magister equitum (in the Roman army): to be a general of cavalry, equitatui praeesse: a general of infantry, copiarum pedestrium dux: to be a general of infantry, copiis pedestribus, or simply copiis, praeesse: an army that is commanded by an able general, exercitus, cui praepositus est sapiens et callidus imperator: a good general, bonus ac fortis, or (egregie) fortis et bonus: the duties or labors of a general, labor imperatorius (Cic.): in the sight or presence of the general, in conspectu imperatoris: to be chosen general, ducem deligi ad bellum gerendum.