novissimus
Latin
Adjective
novissimus (feminine novissima, neuter novissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of novus
- In primō quidem librō omnia verba cōnscrīpsī per ōrdinem litterārum ā prīmā litterā ūsque ad novissimam litteram.
- In the first book I wrote down all words in alphabetical order, from the first letter all the way to the last.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | novissimus | novissima | novissimum | novissimī | novissimae | novissima | |
| Genitive | novissimī | novissimae | novissimī | novissimōrum | novissimārum | novissimōrum | |
| Dative | novissimō | novissimō | novissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | novissimum | novissimam | novissimum | novissimōs | novissimās | novissima | |
| Ablative | novissimō | novissimā | novissimō | novissimīs | |||
| Vocative | novissime | novissima | novissimum | novissimī | novissimae | novissima | |
References
- “novissimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “novissimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- novissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)
- to press the rearguard: novissimos premere
- to throw the rearguard into confusion: novissimos turbare
- to harass the rear: novissimos carpere
- to protect the troops in the rear: novissimis praesidio esse
- the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)