optimas
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom optimus (“very good, the best”) + mās (“man”). optimus is related to optō (“I select”), and is the superlative of bonus (“good”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.maːs/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.mas/, [ˈɔpt̪imäs]
Noun
editoptimās m (genitive optimātis); third declension
- aristocrat
- (in the plural) the adherents of the best men
- (in the plural) the aristocratic party
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | optimās | optimātēs |
Genitive | optimātis | optimātium |
Dative | optimātī | optimātibus |
Accusative | optimātem | optimātēs optimātīs |
Ablative | optimāte | optimātibus |
Vocative | optimās | optimātēs |
Synonyms
edit- eximiī m pl (Mediaeval)
Adjective
editoptimās (genitive optimātis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to the best
- of or pertaining to the noblest
- aristocratic, noble
Declension
editThird-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | optimās | optimātēs | optimātia | ||
Genitive | optimātis | optimātium | |||
Dative | optimātī | optimātibus | |||
Accusative | optimātem | optimās | optimātēs | optimātia | |
Ablative | optimātī | optimātibus | |||
Vocative | optimās | optimātēs | optimātia |
References
edit- “optimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “optimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- optimas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- aristocracy (as a form of government): optimatium dominatus
- aristocracy (as a form of government): civitas, quae optimatium arbitrio regitur
- the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
- aristocracy (as a form of government): optimatium dominatus
Spanish
editVerb
editoptimas
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