maximus

See also: Maximus

Latin

Alternative forms

• maxumus

Etymology

From *magissimus, *magsimus, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”), whence magnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.mus/, [ˈmäks̠ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.mus/, [ˈmäksimus]

• Audio (Classical):

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Adjective

maximus (feminine maxima, neuter maximum, positive magnus); first/second declension

1. greatest, largest, most powerful
2. oldest, eldest

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	maximus	maxima	maximum		maximī	maximae	maxima
Genitive	maximī	maximae	maximī		maximōrum	maximārum	maximōrum
Dative	maximō		maximō		maximīs
Accusative	maximum	maximam	maximum		maximōs	maximās	maxima
Ablative	maximō	maximā	maximō		maximīs
Vocative	maxime	maxima	maximum		maximī	maximae	maxima

Antonyms

• (greatest, largest): minimus

Descendants

• English: maximum
• French: maximum
• Italian: massimo

• Old French: maisme
• Portuguese: máximo
• Spanish: máximo

References

• “maximus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maximus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maximus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • it is high time that..: tempus maximum est, ut
    
  • to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
    
  • to remunerate (handsomely): praemiis (amplissimis, maximis) aliquem afficere
    
  • to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
    
  • to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • to be overwhelmed by a great affliction: in maximos luctus incidere
    
  • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
    
  • to inspire some one with the most brilliant hopes: in maximam spem aliquem adducere (Att. 2. 22. 3)
    
  • to be reduced to extreme financial embarrassment: in maximas angustias (pecuniae) adduci
    
  • a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)
    
  • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
    
  • by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
    
  • the main point: id quod maximum, gravissimum est
    
• “maximus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers