catholicissimus

Latin

Etymology

catholicus +‎ -issimus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰo.liˈkis.si.mus/, [kät̪ʰɔlʲɪˈkɪs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.to.liˈt͡ʃis.si.mus/, [kät̪oliˈt͡ʃisːimus]

Adjective

catholicissimus (superlative, feminine catholicissima, neuter catholicissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of catholicus
   • c. 980, St. Celsus, Inventio Celsi:

     Imperator uero, uti Catholicissimus mundialis aulæ rector, tanto tanti Pontificis coniubilans voto, præ nimia mentis alacritate […]

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   • 1828, François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, Correspondance, page 336:

     Libelli contextus perspicacissimis et quietismo infensissimis theologis catholicissimus videtur. Auctor archiepiscopus sanctæ sedi et Beatitudini Vestræ singulari reverentiâ ac studio devinctus est ac submissus; singula quæque illi objecta in sensum catholicissimum solvit.

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	catholicissimus	catholicissima	catholicissimum		catholicissimī	catholicissimae	catholicissima
genitive	catholicissimī	catholicissimae	catholicissimī		catholicissimōrum	catholicissimārum	catholicissimōrum
dative	catholicissimō	catholicissimae	catholicissimō		catholicissimīs
accusative	catholicissimum	catholicissimam	catholicissimum		catholicissimōs	catholicissimās	catholicissima
ablative	catholicissimō	catholicissimā	catholicissimō		catholicissimīs
vocative	catholicissime	catholicissima	catholicissimum		catholicissimī	catholicissimae	catholicissima