Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 662.extrēmus on page 662
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extrēmus outermost
extrēmus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means outermost.
Definitions for extrēmus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
outermost, last, extreme
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Situated at the end, edge, or tip. (b) the end, edge, or tip of. (c) situated. living at the world's end, uttermost.
- 2
Hindmost; the rear of.
- 3
Occurring at the end (of a period of time), last; ~o tempore, finally. (b) the last part of, end of. (c) immediately preceding. last to occur. (d) last remaining. (e) (regarded as completing a piece of work) finishing, final. (f) putting an end to life.
- 4
Extreme in degree, exceedingly great. (b) extremely distressing, desperate. (c) stopping short at nothing, extreme.
- 5
Least in importance, lowest.
Sentences with extrēmus
Latin to English
Extremus elephantorum dies fuit. In quo admiratio magna vulgi atquae turbae, delectatio nulla exstitit; quin etiam misericordia quaedam consecuta est atque opinio eius modi, esse quamdam illi beluae cum gener humano societatem.Compare The last day was devoted to the elephants. The vulgar populace was enthusiastic, but there was no pleasure in it; indeed, the show provoked some sort of compassion, a feeling that there is some kinship between this great beast and humankind.
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat. (Epistulae, I, i, 8)Compare Be wise in time and turn your horse out to grass when he shows signs of age, lest he end in a ludicrous breakdown with straining flanks.
Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano; fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapali.Compare We should pray for a sound mind in a sound body; for a heart that fears not death, deems mortality one of nature's gifts, can endure any kind of hard work, know no anger and covets naught, and thinks Hercules' labors and hardships better than love-making, banquets, or the soft couches of Sardanapalus.
Possum igitur principium nego, quum extremus concedo?Compare Can you then deny the premises, when you grant the conclusions?
Extremus annus comitia consularis certamen Patres ac plebs dirimo.Compare At the end of the year a dispute between the patricians and the people put off the comitia for the election of the consuls.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 476.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 662.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "extrēmus, extrēma, extrēmum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/extremus-extrema-extremum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 476.on page 476
