optime
See also: optimé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optime disputasti ‘you have disputed very well’ (formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge).
Pronunciation
Noun
optime (plural optimes)
- (Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin optimus (“great”).
Adjective
optime (plural optimes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “optime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Adjective
optime
- (superlative degree of bon) best
Latin
Etymology 1
Superlative of bene; from optimus (“very good”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.meː/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Adverb
optimē (not comparable)
- very well; excellently
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Inflected form of optimus (“very good”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) optime
References
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- optime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
- (ambiguous) to hope well of a person: bene, optime (meliora) sperare de aliquo (Nep. Milt. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to have the good of the state at heart: bene, optime sentire de re publica
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
Romanian
Etymology
opt + -ime; compare Aromanian uptimi.
Noun
optime f (plural optimi)
- an eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)
Spanish
Verb
optime
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