adverb
maximē
maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)
Classical[ˈmak.sɪ.meː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmak.si.me]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- chiefly, mainly, mostly
- especially, particularly, very much
- most
- certainly
- very much
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
most of all
maximē — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 12
maxĭmē (maxŭmē), adv., v. magnus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
māximē (or māxumē) adv.
maximus, in the highest degree, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, altogether, very : florere: quid laudem maxume? T.: egredi non possim, si maxime velim: huic legioni Caesar confidebat maxime, Cs.: naturalis amicitia: plebi acceptus, Cs.: quae maxime liberalissima: ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate.—In phrases with unus, omnium, multo, vel, quam : qui proelium unus maxime accenderat, in the very highest degree , Cu.: unus omnium maxime, most of all , N.: maxime omnium belli avida, above all others , L.: multo maxime, by far most effectually , T.: ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora.—With qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime, and ut qui maxime, as any one whatever : tam enim sum amicus rei p., quam qui maxime: grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit, L.—With ut quisque . . . ita : ut quisque animi magnitudine maxume excellit, ita maxume, etc., the more . . . so much the more : ut quisque maxume ad suum commodum refert . . . ita minime est vir bonus, the more . . . the less .— In gradations, first of all, in the first place : maxime quidem . . . secundo autem loco: maxime . . . proxime.—With non : quibus si ingenium non maxime defuit, not utterly.—Especially, particularly, principally : quae ratio poëtas maxumeque Homerum inpulit, ut, etc.: cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum ordinem, maxume scilicet nostrae civitatis.—In the phrases, cum . . . tum maxime; tum . . . tum maxime; ut . . . tum maxime, but more especially : plena exemplorum est nostra res p., cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo: longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.—With tum or cum, just, precisely, exactly : consulem tum maxime res agentem avocare, L.: tum cum maxime, at that precise moment , L.: nunc cum maxime.—With modus, just about, very much : hoc maxime modo in Italiam perventum est, L.: ruinae maxime modo, L.: in hunc maxime modum locutus est, much to this effect , L.—To emphasize assent or dissent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes: Cr . duc me ad eam. My . maxume, T.—With immo, certainly not, by no means : Immo maxume, T.: immo vero maxume, S.
Origins
Superlative of magnopere, from maximus + -ē.
Descendants
- Italianmassime
- Portuguesemáxime
- Spanishmáxime
- Englishmaximum