Latin edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *postrezmo- < *posterezemo- < *posterisemo-, from Proto-Italic *posterisemos. Equivalent to posterus +‎ -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and suprēmus. Compare with postumus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

postrēmus (feminine postrēma, neuter postrēmum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of posterus
    1. last
    2. next, following (coming after)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative postrēmus postrēma postrēmum postrēmī postrēmae postrēma
Genitive postrēmī postrēmae postrēmī postrēmōrum postrēmārum postrēmōrum
Dative postrēmō postrēmō postrēmīs
Accusative postrēmum postrēmam postrēmum postrēmōs postrēmās postrēma
Ablative postrēmō postrēmā postrēmō postrēmīs
Vocative postrēme postrēma postrēmum postrēmī postrēmae postrēma

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: postrem
  • Portuguese: postremo

References edit

  • postremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • postremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN