pessimus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mó-s, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) + *-tm̥mó-s (superlative suffix). Related to peior. See also -issimus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpes.si.mus/, [ˈpɛs.sɪ.mʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pessimus | pessima | pessimum | pessimī | pessimae | pessima | |
Genitive | pessimī | pessimae | pessimī | pessimōrum | pessimārum | pessimōrum | |
Dative | pessimō | pessimae | pessimō | pessimīs | pessimīs | pessimīs | |
Accusative | pessimum | pessimam | pessimum | pessimōs | pessimās | pessima | |
Ablative | pessimō | pessimā | pessimō | pessimīs | pessimīs | pessimīs | |
Vocative | pessime | pessima | pessimum | pessimī | pessimae | pessima |
Antonyms
Descendants
References
- pessimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pessimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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