Summa and its diminutive summula (plural summae and summulae, respectively) are mainly used, in English and other modern languages, for texts that 'sum up' knowledge in a field, such as the compendiums of theology, philosophy and canon law which were used both as textbooks in the schools and as books of reference during the Middle Ages.
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“Life’s brief span [vitae summa brevis] forbids us to enter on far-reaching hopes.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)