potissimum
Latin
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of potissimus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔˈtɪs.sɪ.mũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [poˈtis.si.mum]
Adverb
potissimum (not comparable)
- 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
- Socero igitur generoque suffragantibus ex omni provinciarum copia Gallias potissimum elegit
Adjective
potissimum
- inflection of potissimus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “potissimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers