maxumus

Latin

Adjective

maxumus (superlative, 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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maxumus	maxuma	maxumum		maxumī	maxumae	maxuma
genitive	maxumī	maxumae	maxumī		maxumōrum	maxumārum	maxumōrum
dative	maxumō	maxumae	maxumō		maxumīs
accusative	maxumum	maxumam	maxumum		maxumōs	maxumās	maxuma
ablative	maxumō	maxumā	maxumō		maxumīs
vocative	maxume	maxuma	maxumum		maxumī	maxumae	maxuma