cunctus vs totus

Salvete omnes!


I was wondering about the words ‘cunctus’ vs ‘totus?’

Are these words exact synonyms, or are there some usage differences?

Gratias vobis ago, amici!

hi, see s1793 of dumesnil’s book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=pWQZAAAAYAAJ&pg=486

cheers :slight_smile:

Thank you for this very useful resource, cb. I’m not sure I totally grasp the distinction that the author is making between omnis, totus, cunctus, and universus, but it was useful nonetheless. // Gratias tibi ago, cb, hoc auxilium clare utile nobis ferenti. Dubito quin discrimen inter verba omnis, totus, cunctus, universusque quod auctor designat adusque concipiam, sed etiam utile est intellectu.

Quis ut Deus, at your stage I’d remember what the author writes at the end, that these words are sometimes used interchangeably. // Quis ut Deus, studiis latinae tuis adhuc proventis, memento sententiam auctoris dicentem omnia haec verba sine discrimine saepe fieri.

Salvete!

Thanks for the link.

So, I could write something like:

Puto feminas cunctas (totas) pulchras esse.

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