potissimus

Latin

Alternative forms

• potissumus

Etymology

Superlative of potis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈtis.si.mus/, [pɔˈt̪ɪs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈtis.si.mus/, [poˈt̪isːimus]

Adjective

potissimus (feminine potissima, neuter potissimum, adverb potissimum or potissimē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Superlative degree of potis: chief, principal, most prominent, most important

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	potissimus	potissima	potissimum		potissimī	potissimae	potissima
Genitive	potissimī	potissimae	potissimī		potissimōrum	potissimārum	potissimōrum
Dative	potissimō		potissimō		potissimīs
Accusative	potissimum	potissimam	potissimum		potissimōs	potissimās	potissima
Ablative	potissimō	potissimā	potissimō		potissimīs
Vocative	potissime	potissima	potissimum		potissimī	potissimae	potissima

References

• potissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “potis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• potis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung