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extremus
extremus
Latin
Adjective
extrēmus (superlative of exter)
- situated at the end, edge, or tip
- occurring at the end (of a period of time), last
- extreme in degree
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | extrēmus | extrēma | extrēmum | extrēmī | extrēmae | extrēma | |
genitive | extrēmī | extrēmae | extrēmī | extrēmōrum | extrēmārum | extrēmōrum | |
dative | extrēmō | extrēmō | extrēmīs | ||||
accusative | extrēmum | extrēmam | extrēmum | extrēmōs | extrēmās | extrēma | |
ablative | extrēmō | extrēmā | extrēmō | extrēmīs | |||
vocative | extrēme | extrēma | extrēmum | extrēmī | extrēmae | extrēma |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
extremus m (genitive extremī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | extremus | extremī |
genitive | extremī | extremōrum |
dative | extremō | extremīs |
accusative | extremum | extremōs |
ablative | extremō | extremīs |
vocative | extreme | extremī |
Descendants
References
- extremus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extremus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “extremus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the most distant countries, the world's end: extremae terrae partes
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(ambiguous) on the edge of the hill: ad extremum tumulum
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(ambiguous) at the end of the year: exeunte, extremo anno
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(ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
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(ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days: extrema aetas
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(ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days: extremum tempus aetatis
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(ambiguous) to give up the ghost: extremum vitae spiritum edere
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(ambiguous) to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
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(ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
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(ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: ad extrema perventum est
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(ambiguous) to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
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(ambiguous) to have recourse to extreme measures: descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)
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(ambiguous) to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
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(ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
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(ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
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(ambiguous) the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)
- the most distant countries, the world's end: extremae terrae partes
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press