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What is the difference between cunctus and totus? Dictionaries give the same meaning for both (all, whole, entirety), but in usage I see certain tendencies. For example, in ecclesiastical Latin, when speaking of the entire world, there seems to be a definite preference for mundus cunctus.

Tyler Durden
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    You might throw omnis and universus in the mix as well. I think the distinctions can get a little esoteric. – Sebastian Koppehel Nov 30 '20 at 12:10
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    We could start with the TLL entry for cunctus, e.g. http://publikationen.badw.de/en/thesaurus/lemmata#31452 (see DIFF., lines 53-73) – Alex B. Nov 30 '20 at 16:23
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    Already explained at https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/5104/comparison-of-omnes-cuncti-and-universi/5105#5105 – Tom Cotton Dec 01 '20 at 19:25

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