common (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Belonging to more than one, shared withII. Belonging to the public1. publĭcus2. commūnis, eIII. Usual, ordinary1. vulgāris, e2. trītus (i. e. well-worn)3. vīlis, e, (i. e. of little value, cheap4. vulgātus (i. e. generally diffused)5. quŏtīdiānus (i. e. of every day)6. pŏpŭlāris, e (i. e. used by people in general)7. mĕdiocris, eIV. In grammar or prosody1. commūnis, e2. anceps, cĭpĭtis3. prōmiscŭus • common (adj.) I. Belonging to more than one, shared with: commūnis, e (foll. by dat. or abl. with cum): death is c. to every age, omni aetati mors est c., Cic.: Troy, the c. sepulchre of Europe and of Asia, Troja commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque, Cat.: the one is c. to us and to the gods, the other to us and to beasts, alterum nobis cum dis, alteram cum beluis c. est, Sall.: all things belonging to friends are c. to each other, c. sunt amicorum inter se omnia, Cic.: c. feeling or sense of propriety, c. sensus, Hor. (also used to denote ordinary reason; Phaedr. M. L.): c. places, i. e. stock-topics, loci c., Cic. II. Belonging to the public: 1. publĭcus: c. property, (quod) publici juris est, Hor.: Cic.: v. public. 2. commūnis, e: their private property was small, the c. stock large, privatus illis census erat brevis, commune (Gr. τὸ κοινόν) magnum, Hor.: c. subjects (i. e. such as are c. property), communia, Hor. Phr.: to provide for the c. good, in commune consulere, Ter.; so, laborare in c., Quint.: to have all things c. (strictly, to get for the general good), in medium quaerere, Virg.: similarly, in medium quaesita reponere, Virg.; in medium conferre, Cic.: v. common, in,; community. III. Usual, ordinary: 1. vulgāris, e: rare and not c., rarum et haud v., Cic.: c. opinion, use, opinio, usus v., Cic.: c. fare, vulgaria, Hor.: v. vulgar. 2. trītus (i. e. well-worn): a c. proverb, t. proverbium, Cic.: let us make this word more general and c., faciamus usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius, Cic. 3. vīlis, e, (i. e. of little value, cheap: q. v.): water, commonest of things, aqua vilissima rerum, Hor.: the c. round (of subjects), v. orbis, Hor. 4. vulgātus (i. e. generally diffused): a c. opinion, v. opinio, Quint.: a more c. report, vulgatior fama, Liv.: very c., pervulgātus, a very c. form of consolation, perv. consolatio, Cic. (N.B. There appears to be no good authority for the word pervulgaris.) 5. quŏtīdiānus (i. e. of every day): c. words, q. verba, Cic. 6. pŏpŭlāris, e (i. e. used by people in general): c. words, p. verba, Cic.: c. (cheap) salt, sal p., Cato: the c. name (of a plant), p. nomen, Plin. 7. mĕdiocris, e: v. middling, ordinary. Phr.: a c. soldier, gregarius miles, Cic.; Sall.: a c. horse soldier, g. eques, Tac.: a c. soldier's cloak, gregale sagulum, Liv.: c. bread, cĭbārius panis, Cic. (prob. with ref. to the rations [cibaria] of a common soldier or slave): a c. man, i. e. belonging to the c. people (plebs), plebēius homo: a c. woman; v. prostitute. IV. In grammar or prosody: 1. commūnis, e: a c. syllable, c. syllaba, Donat.: c. gender, c. genus, Charis. 2. anceps, cĭpĭtis: v. doubtful. 3. prōmiscŭus: a c. noun, promiscuum nomen, Quint.
common (subs.) Copy link • common (subs.): i. e. public pasture-land, communia pascua; ager publicus, compascuus, Cic.: also, commūniōnes, um: v. Forc. s. v.
COMMON Copy link • COMMON 1. That in which the persons spoken of participate alike: communis (in which all have or may have a share, opposed to proprius): publicus (that which belongs to or concerns the whole people or the state, opposed to privatus): A common fault, vitium commune: the common sense of mankind, communis sensus (i. e., moral perception, tact, etc.,: e.g., in the intercourse between man and man: it afterward came to have nearly the meaning of our “common sense;” e.g., sensum communem auferre, sound human understanding, Phaedrus, 1, 7, 4. In this meaning, sensus alone was used: persona furore detenta sensum non habet, Ulpius, Dig, Nearly so omnes eripere alicui sensus, Catullus): To speak according to the common sentiment of men, ex communi hominum opinione dicere: The common weal or good, bonum publicum; salus communis or publica (the common welfare) res publica (the state in general): the common wealth, publica res or res publica: this is common to free nations, hoc commune est liberorum populorum: to have a common cause with anybody, in eadem cum aliquo causa, esse: to make common cause with anybody, causam suam or consilia sua conjungere cum aliquo: common interest, utilitatis communio: to have a common interest with anybody, utilitatis communione sociatum esse. OBS. Instead of “common to A and B,” the Romans often said “common to A with B.” Thus: these things are common to rich and poor, communia ista locupletibus sunt cum pauperibus; this is common to us and (or with) the brute creation, commune est nobis aliquid cum bestiis. IN COMMON, communiter; in promiscuo; promiscue; publice: to have every thing in common with anybody, omnia cum aliquo communiter possidere (Cic.): To have anything in common with anybody, est mihi aliquid commune cum aliquo: haec mihi cum aliquo conjuncta et communia sunt (Cic.): They have every thing in common, omnium rerum est inter eos communitas: between friends let every thing, without exception, be in common, inter amicos sit omnium rerum sine ullà exceptione communitas (Cic.). Common to the greater number of persons, to the multitude: communis (but without the accessary notion of meanness): Ordinary, mean, low, popularis (usual among the people: hence, of inferior quality, etc., general term): vulgaris, pervulgaris (common to the multitude, to be found or met with every where; then, general term low, bad): vulgatus, pervulgatus, pervagatus: (the words are found in this connexion and order.) communis et pervagatus (spread every where known): usitatus (habitual, usual): quotidianus (met with every day): plebeius (belonging to the common people: uncivilized, low): A common saying, proverbium vulgare or contritum or sermone tritum; proverbium, quod in omnium ore est or versatur: common life, vita quotidiana: the language of common life, genus sermonis usitatum: eloquence borrows or derives its materials from common life, dicendi ratio in communi quodam usu versatur: A common beauty, forma vulgaris or quotidiana: common salt, sal popularis (Catullus): no common abilities, haud mediocre ingenium: A common soldier, miles gregarius (more, however, as term of contempt, since miles by itself, designates the common soldier, opposed to officer): The COMMONS; plebs (the common people, opposed to to patricii and equites): vulgus (of low extraction and profession, stands for every common and low multitude, e.g., of the people, soldiers, etc.): faex populi (the scum of the people): a common man, homo vulgaris, unus e or de multis (one of the great multitude); homo de plebe: plebeius (a common citizen); homo infimo or sordido loco natus: homo sordidus. homo obscurus (of low, obscure birth); homo rudis (an uneducated person); homo inhonestus (a dishonest, vile person): a quite common person, homo ultimae sortis (with respect to extraction); homo inhonestissimus (relative to character): A common prostitute, puella or mulier vulgaris; mulier, quae domum omnium libidinibus patefecit; prostibulum: the son of a common prostitute, ex vulgato corpore genitus: to make one’s self common with anybody, se abjicere ad alicujus usum ac consuetudinem (☞ Cic., Parad., 1, 3, 14; De Legg., 1, 9, 26): not to make one’s self common with anybody, alicujus aditum sermonemque defugere to raise one’s self, or to be, above the common level, plus sapere, quam ceteri: far above, etc., longe ab imperitorum intelligentia sensuque sejunctum esse: Not to be raised above the common level, in medio positum esse (Cic.): in intellect, mediocris esse ingenii (Cic.): to become common, increbrescere (of a custom, etc.): to introduce anything into common life, ad vitam communem adducere (of anything that was before confined to a higher sphere: e.g., philosophiam): General, universus: generalis (relating to the whole): communis (common, relating or belonging to all): vulgaris, tritus (common or habitual): (the words are found in this connexion and order.) vulgaris communisque (relating to the general use of a thing): In some instances “common” in this signification is expressed by omnis: this is the common talk, hic sermo omnibus est in ore: This is a common fault of singers, omnibus hoc vitium est cantoribus (Hortius): A common term, *notio communis (which is common to more than one thing): common law, jus civile (Vid: Cic., Caecin: 26, 73): the common weal or welfare, res publica, salus: to consult the common good, in commune conferre, consulere or consultare. 2. s. ager publicus (Cic.): ager compascuus (common pasture, Cic., Top., 3, 12).