novissimus

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

novissimus (superlative, feminine novissima, neuter novissimum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of novus
  2. (transferred sense)
    1. last, latest
      Synonyms: ultimus, extrēmus
      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.
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate John.6.55:
        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.
    2. rear, hinder
      Synonyms: postīcus, posterior, extrēmus
      novissimum agmen ― the rear (military); the last rank
      1. (nominalized, masculine, plural only, military) soldiers in the rear of an army, the rear
    3. extreme, highest; worst
      Synonyms: ultimus, extrēmus; pessimus
    4. (chiefly Ecclesiastical Latin) lowest (in rank, fortune)
    5. (chiefly Ecclesiastical Latin) youngest

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative novissimus novissima novissimum novissimī novissimae novissima
genitive novissimī novissimae novissimī novissimōrum novissimārum novissimōrum
dative novissimō novissimae novissimō novissimīs
accusative novissimum novissimam novissimum novissimōs novissimās novissima
ablative novissimō novissimā novissimō novissimīs
vocative novissime novissima novissimum novissimī novissimae novissima

Derived terms

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
  • “novissimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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
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