adverb
potissimum
potissimum (not comparable)
Classical[pɔˈtɪs.sɪ.mũː]Ecclesiastical[poˈtis.si.mum]
Meaning
- not comparablechiefly, above all
Socero igitur generoque suffragantibus ex omni provinciarum copia Gallias potissimum elegit
Backed therefore by his father-in-law and son-in-law, of the whole of abundance of provinces he chose Gaul above all121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Iuli 22
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
potissimum (-sumum) adv. sup.
potis, chiefly, principally, especially, eminently, above all : Quem vocabo ad cenam Potissimum? T.: exsistat aliquis et potissimum Caecus ille: te potissimum hoc persequi oporteret: quid agam? aut quo potissimum infelix accedam? S.
Origins
Adverbial accusative of potissimus.