sum (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The aggregate or amountII. A sum of money2. summa pecuniae (rare); Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64. [N.B.--Summa is only used absol., when the context relates to moneyIII. In writing, the sum and substanceIV. In arithmetic, a problemV. Perfection • sum (subs.): I. The aggregate or amount: summa: by adding and subtracting to see what the s. of the remainder comes to, addendo deducendoque videre quae reliqui s. fiat, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59: the s. of all s.s (i. e. the universe), summa summarum, Lucr. 3, 817: v. also all, in: total (subs.). II. A sum of money: pĕcūnia: a large s., magna s. grandis p., Cic. (v. large, I., 2): a small or moderate s., parva s. mediocris s. tenuis p., id. Also in pl.: to exact s.s of money, pecunias exigere, id. Pis. 16, 38. 2. summa pecuniae (rare); Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64. [N.B.--Summa is only used absol., when the context relates to money: cf. Liv. 32, 17, init.: simly., summula, Sen. Ep. 77, ad med.] Phr.: the whole s., solidum (neutr. absol.), Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46: cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 65 (where the contr. form soldum occurs): for or at a small s., parvi s. parvo (v.** .|P3 visible in TIA] small, adj., I., 1, c.): also, parvi pretii, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 14: parvo pretio, Caes. B. G. 1, 18, ad init.: for or at a large s., magni s. magno, Cic. pass.: also, magni pretii, magno pretio, id. (v. price): for a paltry s., numulis acceptis, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: let the round s. of a thousand talents be made up, mille talenta rotundentur, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34. III. In writing, the sum and substance: căput: the s. and substance of the letter, c. literarum, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77: v. also point (subs., IV.), gist. IV. In arithmetic, a problem: to do a s., *numeros consummare: *arithmeticis se exercere: *arithmeticam rationem ducere s. inire (based on Cic. Verr. 2, 52, 129: id. N. D. 3, 29, 71): to set a s., *arithmetica proponere. V. Perfection: v. perfection (II.).