adjectivefirst/second declension
novissimus
novissimus (superlative, feminine novissima, neuter novissimum)
Classical[nɔˈwɪs.sɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈvis.si.mus]
Meaning
- superlativesuperlative degree of novus
- superlativelast, latest
In primō quidem librō omnia verba cōnscrīpsī per ōrdinem litterārum ā prīmā litterā ūsque ad novissimam litteram.
In the first book I wrote down all words in alphabetical order, from the first letter all the way to the last.Qui manducat meam carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, habet vitam aeternam: et ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die.
He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life: and I will raise him up on the last day.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate John.6.55 - superlativerear, hinder
novissimum agmen
the rear (military) - masculinenoun from verbpluralplural onlysuperlativesoldiers in the rear of an army, the rear
- superlativeextreme, highest; worst
- EcclesiasticalLatinsuperlativelowest (in rank, fortune)
- EcclesiasticalLatinsuperlativeyoungest
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
postrēmō, ultimōnovissimē — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 18, 22
ultimus, postrēmusnovissimus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 14
ultimus, extrēmusnovissimus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 18
ultimusnovissimus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | novissimus | novissima | novissimum |
| genitive | novissimī | novissimae | novissimī |
| dative | novissimō | novissimae | novissimō |
| accusative | novissimum | novissimam | novissimum |
| ablative | novissimō | novissimā | novissimō |
| vocative | novissime | novissima | novissimum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | novissimī | novissimae | novissima |
| genitive | novissimōrum | novissimārum | novissimōrum |
| dative | novissimīs | novissimīs | novissimīs |
| accusative | novissimōs | novissimās | novissima |
| ablative | novissimīs | novissimīs | novissimīs |
| vocative | novissimī | novissimae | novissima |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- novissimos premere
- to press the rearguard.
- novissimos turbare
- to throw the rearguard into confusion.
- novissimos carpere
- to harass the rear.
- novissimis praesidio esse
- to protect the troops in the rear.
- agmen novissimum (extremum)
- the rearguard.
nŏvissĭmus, adj., v. novus, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
novissimus adj.,
sup. of novus.