novissimus

Latin

Adjective

novissimus (superlative, feminine novissima, neuter novissimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of novus
2. (transferred sense)
   1. last, rear

      novissimum agmen ― the rear (military)

      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.

   2. extreme, worst, highest
   3. (chiefly Ecclesiastical Latin) lowest (in rank, fortune)
   4. (chiefly Ecclesiastical Latin) youngest

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	novissimus	novissima	novissimum		novissimī	novissimae	novissima
genitive	novissimī	novissimae	novissimī		novissimōrum	novissimārum	novissimōrum
dative	novissimō	novissimae	novissimō		novissimīs
accusative	novissimum	novissimam	novissimum		novissimōs	novissimās	novissima
ablative	novissimō	novissimā	novissimō		novissimīs
vocative	novissime	novissima	novissimum		novissimī	novissimae	novissima

Derived terms

• novissimī
• novissimum, 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^[1], 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