Latin Phrase-Book

The World—Creation

rerum or mundi universitas—the universe.

rerum natura or simply natura—creation; nature.

haec omnia, quae videmus—the visible world.

totius mundi convenientia et consensus—the perfect harmony of the universe.

deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)[1]—God made the world.

deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum—God is the Creator of the world.

elementa; initia or principia rerum—the elements.

elementa et tamquam semina rerum—the elements and first beginnings.

nutus et pondus or simply nutus (ῥοπή)—gravity.


Creare is usually employed in the sense of producing, originating, causing, e.g. similitudo creat errorem; periculum alicui creare. It has, however, occasionally the meaning to create, e.g. De Fin.rerum quas creat natura.