1. summa - Noun
2. Summa - Proper noun
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.
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. Josef Pieper
Some men are graduated from college cum laude, some are graduated summa cum laude, and some are graduated mirabile dictu. William Howard Taft
Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University. Patricia Clarkson
(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.) John Brooks
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam. Horace
After graduating from high school in 1958, Kripke attended Harvard University and graduated summa cum laude obtaining a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Source: Internet