summa (noun F) : (sc. res; old
* Gen. summai, Lucr. 1, 984; 6, 679) [summus, v. superus].
* Lit., that which is highest in any thing, the top, summit, surface (postAug. and very rare): testudines evectae in summā pelagi,Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 35 (cf. summus, I. s. v. superus).
* Transf., that which is most important or prominent in any thing, the main thing, chief point, principal matter; the sum, height, substance, summit, completion, perfection
* In gen.: leges a me edentur non perfectae ... sed ipsae summae rerum atque sententiae,the main points, chief particulars,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18: cujus rei satis erit summam dixisse,id. Inv. 1, 20, 28: ex hac infinitā licentiā haec summa cogitur, ut, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 43, 67: lectis rerum summis,Liv. 40, 29, 11: haec summa est, hic nostri nuntius esto,Verg. A. 4, 237: summa est, si curaveris, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 2: in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,id. Quint. 9, 32: eam ignominiam ad summam universi belli pertinere ratus,to the issue of the whole war,Liv. 32, 17, 3; cf.: haec belli summa nefandi,Verg. A. 12, 572: solus summam habet hic apud nos,the first place, pre-eminence,Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15: qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15: summam alicui rei dare,perfection, culmination,Quint. 3, 2, 1: 5, 10, 72; 11, 2, 41; 12, 1, 20: remittendo de summā quisque juris. strict or extreme right, Liv. 4, 43, 11.
* In partic.
* Of a reckoning of numbers, the amount, the sum, sum total, including each of the single items, as if counted: quid, tu, inquam, soles, cum rationem a dispensatore accipis, si aera singula probasti, summam, quae ex his confecta sit, non probare? Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 11: addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,id. Off. 1, 18, 59: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem milia, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 46: equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato,Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39: subducamus summam,id. Att. 5, 21, 11: summam facere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131.
* Transf., the whole (opp. a part): magnam res diligentiam requirebat, non in summā exercitus tuenda, sed in singulis militibus conservandis,Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf.: summa exercitus salva,the main body of the army,id. B. C. 1, 67: solet quaedam esse partium brevitas, quae longam tamen efficit summam,Quint. 4, 2, 41: quaedam partibus blandiuntur, sed in summam non consentiunt,id. 4, 2, 90.
* With pecuniae: pecuniae summam quantam imperaverit, parum convenit,Liv. 30, 16, 12: pecuniae etiam par prope summa fuit,id. 33, 23, 9: summa pecuniae signatae fuit talentūm duo milia et sexcenta,Curt. 3, 13, 16: accessit ad hanc pecuniae summam sex milia talantum,id. 5, 6, 10: pecuniae summa homines movit,Liv. 22, 61, 1; 38, 11, 8; 40, 46, 16; 42, 62, 14; cf.: census equestrem Summam nummorum,Hor. A. P. 384: ob parvam pecuniae summam erogatam,Val. Max. 4, 8, 1.
* Without reference to a count, the sum, the whole: de summā mali detrahere,Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 55: summa cogitationum mearum omnium,id. Fam. 1, 9, 10: meorum maerorum atque amorum summam edictavi tibi,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 2: ergo ex hac infinita licentiā haec summa cogitur,Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67: proposita vitae ejus velut summa,Suet. Aug. 9: vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,Hor. C. 1, 4, 15: summarum summa est aeterna, the sum of all sums, the sum of all things, i. e. the universe, Lucr. 5, 361; so, summa summarum,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 4; Sen. Ep. 40, 13; and: summa summaï, Lucr 6, 679.
* Adverb.
* Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in short, in a word: ille affirmabat ... ad summam: non posse istaec sic abire,Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1; so, ad summam,id. ib. 7, 7, 7; id. Off. 1, 42, 149; id. Fam. 14, 14, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106, Juv. 3, 79.
* In summā, in all: Drusus erat de praevaricatione a tribunis aerariis absolutus, in summā quattuor sententiis,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6; 2, 11, 25: in omni summā,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5
* In summā, at last, finally (post-Aug.): diu colluctatus est: in summā victus occumbit,Just. 13, 8, 8; 22, 1, 8; 37, 1, 8.
* That which relates to the whole, as opp. to a part; with gen., the general, supreme: (Remi dicebant) ad hunc (regem) totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,the command in chief,Caes. B. G. 2, 4: neque de summā belli suum judicium sed imperatoris esse,id. ib. 1, 41: cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regem illum unum vocamus,authority over all affairs, the supreme power,Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: is, qui summam rerum administrabat,id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: ad te summa solum, Phormio, rerum redit,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 3: ad summam rerum consulere,for the general interest,Caes. B. C. 3, 51: ad discrimen summa rerum adducta,to a general engagement,Liv. 10, 27: discrimen summae rerum,id. 10, 14: quos penes summam consilii voluit esse, cum imperii summam rex teneret,the sole command,Cic. Rep. 2, 28, 51; cf.: qui vobis summam ordinis consiliique concedunt,id. Cat. 4, 7, 15: imperii,Caes. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 3, 5: quod penes eos (Bituriges), si id oppidum retinuissent, summam victoriae constare intellegebant,the whole credit of the victory,id. B. G. 7, 21; so, victoriae, id. B. C. 1, 82.—Poet.: summa ducum, Atri des,Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37.