general (adj.) Copy link Outline I. As opp. to specific or particularII. Widely-spreadIII. Shared by all1. commūnis, e2. publĭcus3. ūnĭversus (taken all together; affecting the whole)IV. As opp. to exact • general (adj.): I. As opp. to specific or particular: gĕnĕrālis, e: a certain g. feature which appears in all virtue, g. quoddam, quod in omni honestate versatur, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 96: that is g., this specific, illud g., hoc speciale, Quint. 5, 10, 43: a g. definition, g. definitio, Ulp. Dig. 28, 5, 4 § 1. Phr.: to attend to the g. drift of a speech, universitati (sermonis) attendere, Plin. 1, 8, 3. II. Widely-spread: vulgāris, e: the g. customs of men, v. hominum consuetudo, Cic.: v. common. To make g., vulgo, 1: v. to propagate, spread. III. Shared by all: 1. commūnis, e: they deplored the g. danger, c. periculum miserebantur, Caes.: Cic.: v. common. 2. publĭcus: v. public. 3. ūnĭversus (taken all together; affecting the whole): a g. engagement, u. dimicatio, Liv. 22, 32, ad med. IV. As opp. to exact: vulgāris, e: if not so according to that refined definition, yet according to this g. [popular] sense, it (eloquence) is an art, si minus illa subtili definitione, at hac v. opinione ars est, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 109: v. common. See also foll. art.