general, in Copy link Outline 1. ad summam (summing-up2. in ūnĭversum (as a whole; taking a g. view)3. in commūnĕ (= preced.4. expr. by ūnĭversus, ūnĭversĭtas (the latter late) • general, in: as adverb. phr.: 1. ad summam (summing-up: Gr. ἐν κεφαλαίω): in g., not to go into particulars, ad s., ne agam de singulis, Cic. Off. 1, 41, extr. 2. in ūnĭversum (as a whole; taking a g. view): to look at (a nation) in g., in u. aestimare, Tac. Agr. 11: Liv. 3. in commūnĕ (= preced.: rare): this we have learnt respecting the origin of all the Germans in g., haec in c. de omnium Germanorum origine accepimus, Tac. Ger. 27. 4. expr. by ūnĭversus, ūnĭversĭtas (the latter late): to thank people individually and in g., singulis et universis gratias agere, Cic. in Sen. 12, 30: to regard the interests of the human race in g., universo generi hominum consulere, Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 164: to treat of agriculture in g. (opp. to particularly), de universitate [agriculturae] disserere, Col. pref. extr.: Plin. jun.