English

Noun

mundus

1. plural of mundu

Latin

Etymology

Two possibilities include:

1. From Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌈 ‎(muθ, “pit, mundus”).
2. From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂nd- ‎(“to adorn”) and cognate with Old High German mandag ‎(“joyful, happy, dashing”). Possibly also conflated in the sense of "clean, neat" with Proto-Indo-European *muh₂-, *meuh₂- ‎(“to wash, wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmun.dus/, [ˈmʊn.dʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmun.dus/

Noun

mundus m ‎(genitive mundī); second declension

1. the world, universe, heavens
2. mankind
3. a toilet/dress (of a woman)
4. a decoration, an ornament

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• mundānus
• Anima mundi

Descendants

Adjective

mundus m ‎(feminine munda, neuter mundum); first/second declension

1. clean, pure; neat
2. nice, fine, elegant, sophisticated
3. decorated, adorned

Declension

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• munditer
• mundificō
• mundō

Antonyms

• (clean, pure): immundus

References

• mundus¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mundus² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MUNDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 mundus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 mundus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the universe: rerum or mundi universitas
    
  • the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
    
  • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    
  • God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
    
  • a citizen of the world; cosmopolitan: mundanus, mundi civis et incola (Tusc. 5. 37)
    
• mundus in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press