communis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Old Latin co(m)moinis, from Proto-Italic *kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s, from *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal; common”), related to immūnis, mūnia, mūnis, mūnus (compare Proto-Italic *moinos (“service”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈmuː.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈmuː.nis] === Adjective === commūnis (neuter commūne, comparative commūnior, adverb commūniter); third-declension two-termination adjective common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together Synonym: (common, ordinary) vulgāris of or for the community, public democratic; representing the common sentiment (of manners) familiar, accessible, courteous (grammar) having both qualities of a subdivided category, such as a verb with both an active and a passive meaning, or a syllable being either long or short. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “communis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “communis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "communis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “communis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. === Further reading === Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “commūnis, -e”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 254-255