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maximus greatest
maximus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means greatest.
Definitions for maximus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
See magnus
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Greatest in size, biggest, largest. (b) circus ~us, the name of the oldest race-course at Rome; ara ~a, the altar of Hercules in the Forum Boarium at Rome.
- 2
Greatest in number, amount, or value, largest. (b) (w. wds. denoting number, amount, part, and sim.) greatest. (c) (of sound) loudest; ~a uoce, at the top of one's voice. (d) (of time) longest. (e) (leg., of property) ut optimus ~usque, in its optimum state, i.e. free from any encumbrance.
- 3
Oldest; also. w. natu.
- 4
Greatest in degree, highest, utmost. (b) ~o opere, with the greatest intensity, most vehemently, extremely.
- 5
(of things) Most important, leading, chief, principal; (of occasions) most critical; ludi ~i - ludi magni, the great games at Rome. (b) ~i, of the highest importance.
Sentences with maximus
Latin to English
Difficilia saepe sunt maxima.Compare The difficult things are often the greatest.
Maxima mala passus, homō miser mortuus est.Compare Having endured the greatest evils, the poor man died.
Caesar cūrāvit ut imperium suum maximum in cīvitāte fieret.Compare Caesar took care that his power be made greatest in the state.
Fuit fēmina maximā virtūte et fidē atque simillima mātrī.Compare She was a woman of the greatest courage and loyalty and in fact very like her mother.
Etsi ars quidem, cum ea non utare, scientia tamen ipsa teneri potest, virtus in usu sui tota posita est; usus autem eius est maximus civitatis gubernatio. (De re publica, I, 2)Compare Though it is true that an art, even if you never use it, can still remain in your possession by the very fact of your knowledge of it, yet the existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use; and its noblest use is the government of the state. (Tr. C. W. Keyes)
Mitto de amissus maximus pars exercitus.Compare I say nothing about the loss of the greatest part of the army.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 480.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1086.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "maximus (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 26, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/maximus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 480.on page 480
