plurimus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- plisimus (hapax legomenon; nonstandard)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *plousisemos. Suppletive superlative of multus (“many”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpluː.ri.mus/, [ˈpɫ̪uːrɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.ri.mus/, [ˈpluːrimus]
Adjective
[edit]plūrimus (feminine plūrima, neuter plūrimum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | plūrimus | plūrima | plūrimum | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrima | |
| genitive | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrimī | plūrimōrum | plūrimārum | plūrimōrum | |
| dative | plūrimō | plūrimae | plūrimō | plūrimīs | |||
| accusative | plūrimum | plūrimam | plūrimum | plūrimōs | plūrimās | plūrima | |
| ablative | plūrimō | plūrimā | plūrimō | plūrimīs | |||
| vocative | plūrime | plūrima | plūrimum | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrima | |
References
[edit]- “plurimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plurimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plurimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)
- my best wishes for your welfare: tibi plurimam salutem
- to have a powerful navy: navibus plurimum posse
- Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)