詞源

源自古拉丁語 ← 原始印歐語 ←  (“改變”)。與原始日耳曼語 (“共有的”)同源；與, , , (對比原始意大利語 (“服務”))有關。

發音

• (古典拉丁語) 國際音標^(幫助)：/komˈmuː.nis/, [kɔmˈmuːnɪs̠]
• (教會拉丁語) 國際音標^(幫助)：/komˈmu.nis/, [komˈmuːnis]

• 音頻 (古典)：

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形容詞

(中性，比较级，副词); 第三類變格 two-termination 形容詞

1. 平常的，普通的
2. 大眾的
3. 民主的
4. 恭敬的，客氣的
5. (語法) 同時具有兩種相反性質的，如同時有主動形的意思又有被動形的意思，同時可發長音又可發短音

參考資料

• communis in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• “communis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 在Charles du Fresne du Cange的Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• communis在Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (拉丁語-法語詳解詞典), Hachette中的內容
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    
  • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    
  • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    
  • （模糊）we know from experience: usu rerum (vitae, vitae communis) edocti sumus
    
  • （模糊）unanimously: uno, communi, summo or omnium consensu (Tusc. 1. 15. 35)
    
  • （模糊）the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: communis sermonis consuetudo
    
  • （模糊）to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere