Latin

Alternative forms

• optumās

Noun

optimās m ‎(genitive optimātis); third declension

1. aristocrat
2. (in the plural) the adherents of the best men
3. (in the plural) the aristocratic party

Declension

Third declension.

Synonyms

• eximiī m pl (Mediaeval)

Adjective

optimās m, f, n ‎(genitive optimātis); third declension

1. of or pertaining to the best
2. of or pertaining to the noblest
3. aristocratic, noble

Declension

Third declension.

References

• optimas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• optimas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “optimas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • aristocracy (as a form of government): optimatium dominatus
    
  • aristocracy (as a form of government): civitas, quae optimatium arbitrio regitur
    
  • the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
    

Spanish

Verb

optimas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of optimar.