maxumus

Latin

Adjective

maxumus (feminine maxuma, neuter maxumum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of magnus
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.521:
      maxumus Īlioneus placidō sīc pectore coepit
      The eldest, Ilioneus, with a placid heart, thus began [to speak]
      (A variant; appears in some Latin texts as maximus. Ilioneus, an elderly, high-ranking, and very distinguished Trojan warrior, speaks humbly as a peaceful supplicant to Queen Dido.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative maxumus maxuma maxumum maxumī maxumae maxuma
Genitive maxumī maxumae maxumī maxumōrum maxumārum maxumōrum
Dative maxumō maxumō maxumīs
Accusative maxumum maxumam maxumum maxumōs maxumās maxuma
Ablative maxumō maxumā maxumō maxumīs
Vocative maxume maxuma maxumum maxumī maxumae maxuma
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