maximus

• maxumus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.mus/, [ˈmak.sɪ.mʊs]

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maximus (superlative of magnus)

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

First/second declension.

• (greatest, largest): minimus

• 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, 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