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.
general (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dux, dŭcis, c.2. impĕrātor (commander-in-chief3. praetor (obsol.), whence adj. prateōrius, belonging to a (Roman) g. • general (subs.): 1. dux, dŭcis, c.: a great g., magnus d., Liv.: a consummate g., summus d., Cic.: to appoint a g. to an army, praeficere d. exercitui, Cic. 2. impĕrātor (commander-in-chief: cf. Cic. Off. 3, 26, ad fin., duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio, imperatore autem patre Hannibalis Hamilcare): the duties of a lieutenant are different from those of a g. in chief, aliae sunt legati partes, aliae imperatoris, Caes. B. C. 3, 51: a wise and sagacious g., sapiens et callidus i., Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58: a first-rate g., summus i., Cic. Hence, belonging to a g. (in chief), imperatorius: the labours of a g., labor imperatorius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62. 3. praetor (obsol.), whence adj. prateōrius, belonging to a (Roman) g.: the g.'s tent, praetorium (sc. tabernaculum), Caes.: Liv.: the g.'s body-guard, praetoria cohors: v. Dr. Smith's Dict. Ant. s. v. praetoriani. Phr.: to be g., exercitui praeesse (v. to command): to appoint any one g., aliquem exercitui praeficere, praeponere (v. to appoint, I., 5, 6).
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.
General Copy link General, dux belli oder dux exercitus summus (Oberbefehlshaber, w. s.). imperator (General en chef).