Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1259.optimus on page 1259
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optimus best
optimus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means best.
Definitions for optimus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
See Bonus
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(used as superl. of BONVS) (esp. w. agent nouns) Best (or very good) at a particular function or in a given respect, most proficient, effective, etc. (b) (q. ciuis, uxor and other words involving moral ideas).
- 2
(of persons) Best in character, most virtuous, honest, etc.; (so of actions, etc.).
- 3
(of ideas, aspirations) Highest, noblest; (of studies) most liberal.
- 4
Friendliest, kindest, best-disposed; in ~am partem, most favourably, in very good part; ~iconsulere, to think best of, be most content with.
- 5
Most loyal or patriotic, soundest; (used in political contexts w. ref. to the optimates). (b) (of authorities) most reliable. (c) ~a fide, with the utmost honesty or conscientiousness.
Sentences with optimus
Latin to English
Facillima saepe nōn sunt optima.Compare The easiest things often are not the best.
Optimōs librōs tantā cum cūrā lēgērunt ut multum sapientiae discerent.Compare They read the best books with such great care that they learned much wisdom.
Optimī librī discipulīs legendī sunt ut vēritātem et mōrēs bonōs discant.Compare The best books ought to be read by students in order that they may learn the truth and good character.
Optimīs rēbus semper studēte sī vērē esse fēlīcēs vultis.Compare Always study the best subjects if you wish to be truly happy.
Trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloria ducitur. Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt.Compare We are eager for praise, even the noblest men are strongly motivated by the desire for praise. On the very books in which philosophers tell us to despise fame, they inscribe their names.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 482.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1259.
- 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. "optimus (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/optimus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 482.on page 482
