pessimus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mó-s, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) +‎ *-tm̥mó-s (superlative suffix). Related to peior. See also -issimus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

pessimus (superlative of malus)

worst

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	pessimus	pessima	pessimum	pessimī	pessimae	pessima
Genitive	pessimī	pessimae	pessimī	pessimōrum	pessimārum	pessimōrum
Dative	pessimō	pessimae	pessimō	pessimīs	pessimīs	pessimīs
Accusative	pessimum	pessimam	pessimum	pessimōs	pessimās	pessima
Ablative	pessimō	pessimā	pessimō	pessimīs	pessimīs	pessimīs
Vocative	pessime	pessima	pessimum	pessimī	pessimae	pessima

Antonyms

optimus

Descendants

Asturian: pésimu
Catalan: pèssim
English: pessimal, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic, pessimum
French: pessimisme

Galician: pésimo
Italian: pessimo
Old French: pesme
Portuguese: péssimo
Spanish: pésimo

References

pessimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pessimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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