optimus

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Latin

Etymology

From root op in ops.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈop.ti.mus/

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Adjective

optimus m, optima f, optimum n

1. best; irregular superlative of bonus, good.

   Hic mundus perfectissimus est etiam mundorum possibilium omnium optimus : This most perfect world is even the best of all possible worlds (Immanuel Kant, echoing Leibniz). [1]

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	optimus	optima	optimum		optimī	optimae	optima
genitive	optimī	optimae	optimī		optimōrum	optimārum	optimōrum
dative	optimō	optimae	optimō		optimīs	optimīs	optimīs
accusative	optimum	optimam	optimum		optimōs	optimās	optima
ablative	optimō	optimā	optimō		optimīs	optimīs	optimīs
vocative	optime	optima	optimum		optimī	optimae	optima

Antonyms

• pessimus

Derived terms

• optimē

Descendants

• English: optimal, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimum
• Italian: ottimo

Related terms

• bonus
• melior
• optare
• optio

References

• bonus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• optimum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911