单词 | summa rerum |
释义 | summa rerumn. The highest public interest; the public good (cf. the sum of things at sum n.1 Phrases 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public wealth1390 common gooda1393 the sum of things?c1400 public good1427 commonweal1429 weal1444 commonwealtha1450 public weala1470 common publicc1475 weal-public1495 public wealth1541 public welfare1579 publica1586 public interest1591 the public (also general) concern1707 summa rerum1715 1715 J. Swift Enquiry Queen's Last Ministry i, in Wks. (1765) VIII. i. 50 I believe, no Minister of any party would..have scrupled to make the same step, when the summa rerum was at stake. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 103/1 They easily understood that too capital an interest (the summa rerum) was now at stake. 1950 Scotsman 29 June 9/5 It is permissible to remain sceptical to doubt whether the summa rerum can be condensed into two or three categorical equations. 2003 Noûs 37 405 The official theory of the Pacidius, however, will acknowledge only the summa rerum as a source of action without change. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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