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summus highest
summus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means highest.
Definitions for summus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
highest, furthest
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Highest in position, topmost, uppermost. (b) (applied for emphasis to things naturally high). (c) the top or summit of. (d) (neut. as sb.) the highest point, top, summit; (often pl. in sim. sense, esp. w. gen.). (e) digitus ~us, (app.) the middle finger (i.e. that which sticks projects furthest).
- 2
(special uses): (a) (of a diner) Furthest to the left on a couch (from the viewpoint of those eating); (of a couch) left of the lectus medius. (b) highest up on a page. (c) furthest upstream or inland. (d) (transf.) furthest removed in time, earliest.
- 3
Forming the uppermost layer, closest to the atmosphere; (usu.) the surface or uppermost layer of. (b) (neut. as sb.) the uppermost layer, the surface (of the ground, a liquid); (often pl., w. gen.)
- 4
Forming the farthest point or edge; (usu.) the farthest extremity of, the tip of, etc. (b) (neut. pl.) the farthest points, extremities (esp. of the body or its parts).
- 5
Last in a temporal or other sequence, final. (b) the final part or conclusion of; the last remnant of. (c) (neut. as sb.) the last part, final stage; in ~o, as the last course (of a meal). (d) completing a process or piece of work, crowning; esp. ~a manus, the finishing touches (often transf.).
Sentences with summus
Latin to English
Exeat aula, qui vult esse pius. virtus et summa potestas non coeunt.Compare Let him who would be just quit the imperial courts. Virtue and supreme power are incompatible.
Haud ignarus summa scelera incipi cum periculo, peragi cum praemio.Compare He knew that the greatest crimes are perilous in their inception, but well rewarded after their consummation.
Lex est ratio summa insita in natura, quae iubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. [De legibus, I,vi,18]Compare Law is the highest reason implanted in nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.
Facile summus bonus consequor.Compare We shall more easily attain the highest good.
Catulus itemque summus ornamentum honor, fortuna, virtus, ingenium praeditus Hortensius ab hic dissentio.Compare Catulus and also Hortensius, a man gifted with the highest ornaments of distinction, fortune, worth, and talent, dissent from this plan.
Summus laus senectus est, quod is voluptas nullus magnopere desidero.Compare It is the highest praise of old age, that it does not greatly desire any sensual pleasures.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 180.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1868.
- 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. "summus, summa, summum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed April 19, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/summus-summa-summum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 180.on page 180
