potissimum

Latin

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of potissimus.

Pronunciation

Adverb

potissimum (not comparable)

  1. chiefly, above all
    • 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Vita divi Iuli 22:
      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 all

Adjective

potissimum

  1. inflection of potissimus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • potissimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers