optime
See also: optimé
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
optime (plural optimes)
- (Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
- 1994, Michael J. Crowe, A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 20:
- The winning of even a single optime was very rare. Upon winning the second optime, Hamilton “became a celebrity in the intellectual circle of Dublin; and invitations, embarrassing from their number, poured in upon him. . .” (2,I; 209)
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Further reading edit
- “optime”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin optimus (“great”).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
optime (plural optimes)
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Further reading edit
- “optime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
optime
- (superlative degree of bon) best
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Superlative of bene; from optimus (“very good”) + -ē.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.meː/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Adverb edit
optimē
- (superlative degree of bene) very well; excellently
- thoroughly
- most opportunely, just in time
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Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of optimus (“very good”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Adjective edit
optime
References edit
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- optime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
- (ambiguous) to hope well of a person: bene, optime (meliora) sperare de aliquo (Nep. Milt. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to have the good of the state at heart: bene, optime sentire de re publica
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From opt + -ime; compare Aromanian uptimi.
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Noun edit
optime f (plural optimi)
- an eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)
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Verb edit
optime
- inflection of optimar: