noun · masculinesecond declension
novissimī
novissimī m pl (genitive novissimōrum)
Meaning
- the soldiers in the rear of an army, the rear
Hi novissimos adorti et multa milia passuum prosecuti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt, [...]
They confronted the rear soldiers, pursued them for thousands of miles killing many of them in their flight, …58-49 BC, Caesar, De Bello Gallico, volume 2.11:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ultimī, quī post omnēs euntthe rearmost, rear guard
novissimī -ōrum (m) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 3
the rearmost, rear guard
novissimī -ōrum (m) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | novissimī |
| genitive | — | novissimōrum |
| dative | — | novissimīs |
| accusative | — | novissimōs |
| ablative | — | novissimīs |
| vocative | — | novissimī |