pessimus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *pessemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mó-s, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) + *-tm̥mó-s (superlative suffix). Related to peior. See also -issimus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpes.si.mus/, [ˈpɛs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpes.si.mus/, [ˈpɛsːimus]
Adjective
[edit]pessimus (feminine pessima, neuter pessimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of malus; the worst or most evil
- Synonym: deterrimus, nequissimus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | pessimus | pessima | pessimum | pessimī | pessimae | pessima | |
genitive | pessimī | pessimae | pessimī | pessimōrum | pessimārum | pessimōrum | |
dative | pessimō | pessimae | pessimō | pessimīs | |||
accusative | pessimum | pessimam | pessimum | pessimōs | pessimās | pessima | |
ablative | pessimō | pessimā | pessimō | pessimīs | |||
vocative | pessime | pessima | pessimum | pessimī | pessimae | pessima |
Antonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin superlative adjectives