mundanus

mundānus, a, um, adj. [2. mundus], of or belonging to the world, mundane.

• I Adj. (late Lat.): anima mundana, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16: annus, a year of the world, mundane year, consisting of fifteen thousand years, id. ib. 2, 11: ora, i. e. caelestis, Avien. Arat. 216.—
• II Subst.: mun-dānus, i, m., an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolite, as translation of κόσμος, = mundi incola et civis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108.

mundānus, a, um (mundus), I) zur Welt gehörig, Welt-, a) adi.: anima, Macr.: annus, Weltjahr, von fünfzehntausend Jahren, Macr.: malum, Landplage (v. einem Erdbeben), Capit.: administratio, Chalcid. Tim. – b) subst.: a) mundānus, ī, m., ein Weltbürger, Cic. Tusc. 5, 108. – b) mundāna, ōrum, n., die weltlichen Dinge, die Welt, Chalcid. Tim. 251. – II) übtr.: 1) = ὑλικός, körperlich, materiell, Ps. Apul. Ascl. 7 u. 8 11 extr. – 2) himmlisch, Avien. Arat. 47 u. 216.

mundanus [CL] 1 of or belonging to the universe, cosmic. b (harmonia or musica ~a) cosmic harmony, music of the spheres. c (astr.) that occurs at sunrise. ab exordio ~ae creationis Bede Hom. II 7. 135; c1198 nunquam in principe / sine participe / mundane machine / frons labitur (Pol. Poems) EHR V 316; dicebant ‥ unam tantum esse animam, id est ~am, solam omnia vegetantem Alb. Lond. DG 6. 14.  b Pitagoras ‥ docens primo musicam aliam ~am, aliam humanam, aliam instrumentalem Adel. ED 27; dicitur et luna sistrum habere propter primum ~ae harmonie tonum, qui a terra usque ad lunam est Alb. Lond. DG 7. 4.  c cosmicus ortus sive ~us Sacrob. Sph. 3 p. 95 (v. cosmicus b). 2 of, for, or connected to this world (as dist from the world to come), worldly, mundane, terrestrial (also sts. pejorative); b (dist. from ecclesiasticus). c (as sb. m.) inhabitant of this world. d (as sb. n. pl.) mundane things, things of the world. florida mundanae calcans commercia vitae Aldh. VirgV 1845; facta ‥ atque ornata habitatione ~a, supererat ut ‥ habitator ac dominus rerum crearetur Bede Gen. 28; quod tot ~e potestates nutum illius prestolarentur W. Malm. GR III 263; nam mundanus amor excecat lumina mentis J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 683; ~us vero timor est, pro evitanda pena obstinere a bono, retenta voluntate mala Ad. Scot TT 781C; Ib. (v. initialis); vicit quippe ~i principis injustitiam J. Ford Serm. 25. 9; 1236 quatenus ‥ prudentia divine sapientie ‥ detegat laqueos astutie ~e Gros. Ep. 26 p. 103.  b magis in ecclesiasticis quam in ~is rebus erat industrius Bede HE IV 12 p. 228; 1295 conventibus, locis, vel personis ‥ ecclesiasticis vel ~is Reg. Carl. 52; 1323 bona sua mobilia et immobilia tam ecclesiastica quam ~a Reg. Aberbr. I 222.  c tale fuit dominium primorum parentum, quale nunc est dominium ~orum Ockham Pol. II 431; hic oritur murmur apud ~os Capgr. Hen. 160.  d si omnia ‥ ~a non per se sunt creata Petrus Dial. 28; a1467 quod abbas, officiarii, et extraequitatores expendirent residuum in ~is et riotis Paston Let. 61 p. 103.

mundānus, a, um (mundus 2), du monde, de lʼunivers : Macr. Scip. 2, 16 || -dānus, ī, m. , un citoyen de lʼunivers : Cic. Tusc. 5, 108.

mundanus , a, um. adj.
世上者。世俗者。

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mundānus ī, m

• 2 mundus, a citizen of the world, cosmopolite.