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In separating totus from omnis it can be useful to remember Quintilian's sentence (Ins.Or.8.3.70), "minus est tamen totum dicere, quam omnia" ("It is less to say the whole, than all the parts.").
“tōtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“totus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
totus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure: se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
to devote oneself entirely to literature: se totum litteris tradere, dedere
to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
to upset the whole system: totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)
to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore,ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
to put oneself entirely in some one's hands: totum se committere, tradere alicui
to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery: se (totum) libidinibus dedere
credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta
to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 625