postremus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈtreː.mus/, [pɔs̠ˈt̪reːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈtre.mus/, [posˈt̪rɛːmus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

• postrēmōgenitus

Descendants

• Catalan: postrem
• Portuguese: postremo

References

• “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