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novissimus
novissimus
Latin
Adjective
novissimus (superlative of novus)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | novissimus | novissima | novissimum | novissimī | novissimae | novissima | |
| genitive | novissimī | novissimae | novissimī | novissimōrum | novissimārum | novissimōrum | |
| dative | novissimō | novissimō | novissimīs | ||||
| accusative | novissimum | novissimam | novissimum | novissimōs | novissimās | novissima | |
| ablative | novissimō | novissimā | novissimō | novissimīs | |||
| vocative | novissime | novissima | novissimum | novissimī | novissimae | novissima | |
References
- novissimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novissimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “novissimus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)
- to press the rearguard: novissimos premere
- to throw the rearguard into confusion: novissimos turbare
- to harass the rear: novissimos carpere
- to protect the troops in the rear: novissimis praesidio esse
- the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)