ultimus

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulti(ː)mus/, [ˈul̪t̪i(ː)mus̠]
• Rhymes: -ultimus
• Syllabification^(key): ul‧ti‧mus

Noun

ultimus

1. (academia) In an academic promotion ceremony, the person who graduates with the second best grades and receives his/her diploma last.

Declension

Inflection of ultimus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		ultimus	ultimukset
genitive		ultimuksen	ultimusten ultimuksien
partitive		ultimusta	ultimuksia
illative		ultimukseen	ultimuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		ultimus	ultimukset
accusative	nom.	ultimus	ultimukset
	gen.	ultimuksen
genitive		ultimuksen	ultimusten ultimuksien
partitive		ultimusta	ultimuksia
inessive		ultimuksessa	ultimuksissa
elative		ultimuksesta	ultimuksista
illative		ultimukseen	ultimuksiin
adessive		ultimuksella	ultimuksilla
ablative		ultimukselta	ultimuksilta
allative		ultimukselle	ultimuksille
essive		ultimuksena	ultimuksina
translative		ultimukseksi	ultimuksiksi
abessive		ultimuksetta	ultimuksitta
instructive		—	ultimuksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ultimus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimukseni ultimukseni accusative nom. ultimukseni ultimukseni gen. ultimukseni genitive ultimukseni ultimusteni ultimuksieni partitive ultimustani ultimuksiani inessive ultimuksessani ultimuksissani elative ultimuksestani ultimuksistani illative ultimukseeni ultimuksiini adessive ultimuksellani ultimuksillani ablative ultimukseltani ultimuksiltani allative ultimukselleni ultimuksilleni essive ultimuksenani ultimuksinani translative ultimuksekseni ultimuksikseni abessive ultimuksettani ultimuksittani instructive — — comitative — ultimuksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimuksesi ultimuksesi accusative nom. ultimuksesi ultimuksesi gen. ultimuksesi genitive ultimuksesi ultimustesi ultimuksiesi partitive ultimustasi ultimuksiasi inessive ultimuksessasi ultimuksissasi elative ultimuksestasi ultimuksistasi illative ultimukseesi ultimuksiisi adessive ultimuksellasi ultimuksillasi ablative ultimukseltasi ultimuksiltasi allative ultimuksellesi ultimuksillesi essive ultimuksenasi ultimuksinasi translative ultimukseksesi ultimuksiksesi abessive ultimuksettasi ultimuksittasi instructive — — comitative — ultimuksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimuksemme ultimuksemme accusative nom. ultimuksemme ultimuksemme gen. ultimuksemme genitive ultimuksemme ultimustemme ultimuksiemme partitive ultimustamme ultimuksiamme inessive ultimuksessamme ultimuksissamme elative ultimuksestamme ultimuksistamme illative ultimukseemme ultimuksiimme adessive ultimuksellamme ultimuksillamme ablative ultimukseltamme ultimuksiltamme allative ultimuksellemme ultimuksillemme essive ultimuksenamme ultimuksinamme translative ultimukseksemme ultimuksiksemme abessive ultimuksettamme ultimuksittamme instructive — — comitative — ultimuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimuksenne ultimuksenne accusative nom. ultimuksenne ultimuksenne gen. ultimuksenne genitive ultimuksenne ultimustenne ultimuksienne partitive ultimustanne ultimuksianne inessive ultimuksessanne ultimuksissanne elative ultimuksestanne ultimuksistanne illative ultimukseenne ultimuksiinne adessive ultimuksellanne ultimuksillanne ablative ultimukseltanne ultimuksiltanne allative ultimuksellenne ultimuksillenne essive ultimuksenanne ultimuksinanne translative ultimukseksenne ultimuksiksenne abessive ultimuksettanne ultimuksittanne instructive — — comitative — ultimuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ultimuksensa ultimuksensa accusative nom. ultimuksensa ultimuksensa gen. ultimuksensa genitive ultimuksensa ultimustensa ultimuksiensa partitive ultimustaan ultimustansa ultimuksiaan ultimuksiansa inessive ultimuksessaan ultimuksessansa ultimuksissaan ultimuksissansa elative ultimuksestaan ultimuksestansa ultimuksistaan ultimuksistansa illative ultimukseensa ultimuksiinsa adessive ultimuksellaan ultimuksellansa ultimuksillaan ultimuksillansa ablative ultimukseltaan ultimukseltansa ultimuksiltaan ultimuksiltansa allative ultimukselleen ultimuksellensa ultimuksilleen ultimuksillensa essive ultimuksenaan ultimuksenansa ultimuksinaan ultimuksinansa translative ultimuksekseen ultimukseksensa ultimuksikseen ultimuksiksensa abessive ultimuksettaan ultimuksettansa ultimuksittaan ultimuksittansa instructive — — comitative — ultimuksineen ultimuksinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• ultimusmaisteri
• ultimustohtori

 

Related terms

• priimus

Latin

Etymology

Superlative of ulter, from Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos, whence also Oscan 𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌌 (últiumam, acc sg fem).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.ti.mus/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.ti.mus/, [ˈul̪t̪imus]

Adjective

ultimus (feminine ultima, neuter ultimum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of ulter
   1. (of space) the furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.480–481:

        “Ōceanī fīnem iuxtā sōlemque cadentem
        ultimus Aethiopum locus est, [...].”

        “Near Ocean’s end and the setting sun is the furthest place [on earth]: Ethiopia, [...].”

   2. (of time) last, final, ultimate, end

      ad ultimum ― at last, finally, at the last moment

      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.248–249:

        “Nōs dēlūbra deum miserī, quibus ultimus esset
        ille diēs, fēstā vēlāmus fronde per urbem.”

        “We wretched [Trojans], for whom that was to be our final day, adorn the shrines of the gods with festival garlands throughout the city.”
        (Believing that the war has ended the Trojans celebrate the presence of the wooden horse as a divine blessing.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ultimus	ultima	ultimum		ultimī	ultimae	ultima
Genitive	ultimī	ultimae	ultimī		ultimōrum	ultimārum	ultimōrum
Dative	ultimō		ultimō		ultimīs
Accusative	ultimum	ultimam	ultimum		ultimōs	ultimās	ultima
Ablative	ultimō	ultimā	ultimō		ultimīs
Vocative	ultime	ultima	ultimum		ultimī	ultimae	ultima

Antonyms

• initiālis (first)
• orīginālis (first)
• proximus (next)

Descendants

• Catalan: últim
• → Dutch: ultiem
• →⇒ English: ultimate, ultimatum
• → Finnish: ultima, ultimo, ultimus, ⇒ ultimaatumi
• French: ultime
• Friulian: ultin
• Istriot: oûltima
• Italian: ultimo
• Neapolitan: ùrdemo, ùtemo
• Portuguese: último
• Romanian: ultim
• Sardinian: ùltimu, ùrtimu, ultimunu, urtimunu
• Sicilian: ùrtimu
• Spanish: último

References

• “ultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ultimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the most distant countries, the world's end: ultimae terrae
    
  • to travel through the most remote countries: disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti