Word
summa
Phoneticssum·ma
/ˈsumə/
Definition
n. a very important book or a collection of writings that covers a subject in great detail. It is often the most complete work on a specific topic.
n. a comprehensive treatise or a collection of writings that provides a complete account of a subject. Often used in the plural to refer to the complete works of a philosopher or theologian.
Examples
“The philosopher's Summa is still studied in universities today.”
“Scholars spent years translating the Summa from Latin to make the author's complex ideas accessible to a modern audience.”
“The theologian's Summa represents the pinnacle of medieval thought, synthesizing Aristotelian logic with Christian doctrine to create a systematic framework for understanding the divine.”
Examples
simple
“The philosopher's Summa is still studied in universities today.”
contextual
“Scholars spent years translating the Summa from Latin to make the author's complex ideas accessible to a modern audience.”
complex
“The theologian's Summa represents the pinnacle of medieval thought, synthesizing Aristotelian logic with Christian doctrine to create a systematic framework for understanding the divine.”
Etymology
From Latin summa.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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