vilissimus
Latin
Adjective
vīlissimus (superlative, feminine vīlissima, neuter vīlissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of vīlis
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.21:
- […] neque hī sōlum, quōrum tibi auctōritās est vidēlicet cāra, vīta vīlissima, […] .
- […] And I speak not only of these [senators], whose authority is evidently precious to you, [but whose] life [is] utterly worthless [to you], […] .
(Cicero had accused Catiline of plotting to murder the leading men of Rome, including Cicero himself.)
- […] And I speak not only of these [senators], whose authority is evidently precious to you, [but whose] life [is] utterly worthless [to you], […] .
- […] neque hī sōlum, quōrum tibi auctōritās est vidēlicet cāra, vīta vīlissima, […] .
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vīlissimus | vīlissima | vīlissimum | vīlissimī | vīlissimae | vīlissima | |
| genitive | vīlissimī | vīlissimae | vīlissimī | vīlissimōrum | vīlissimārum | vīlissimōrum | |
| dative | vīlissimō | vīlissimae | vīlissimō | vīlissimīs | |||
| accusative | vīlissimum | vīlissimam | vīlissimum | vīlissimōs | vīlissimās | vīlissima | |
| ablative | vīlissimō | vīlissimā | vīlissimō | vīlissimīs | |||
| vocative | vīlissime | vīlissima | vīlissimum | vīlissimī | vīlissimae | vīlissima | |