summa
Speech parts
1. summa - Noun
2. Summa - Proper noun
Meaning
A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
(figuratively) A culmination or archetypal example.
Summa (plural Summas)
A surname from Italian.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longing to know.
Some men are graduated from college cum laude, some are graduated summa cum laude, and some are graduated mirabile dictu.
Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
(A newspaper columnist who disagreed with the judge´s finding was to remark that the guesses had been so educated as to qualify for summa cum laude.)
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.
After graduating from high school in 1958, Kripke attended Harvard University and graduated summa cum laude obtaining a bachelor's degree in mathematics.