optimate

English

Etymology

From Latin optimātēs, masculine plural form of optimās (“best, noblest”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmeɪt/

Noun

optimate (plural optimates)

(historical) A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:
  Over the same decade, the upper stratum of Visigothic society, the optimates gradually lost their influence.

Translations

member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome

Dutch: optimaat m
French: optimate m

German: Optimat (de) m, Optimatin (de) f
Italian: ottimate (it)

Latin

Noun

optimāte

ablative singular of optimās

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