doctissimus

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Latin

Adjective

doctissimus (feminine doctissima, neuter doctissimum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of doctus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative doctissimus doctissima doctissimum doctissimī doctissimae doctissima
genitive doctissimī doctissimae doctissimī doctissimōrum doctissimārum doctissimōrum
dative doctissimō doctissimae doctissimō doctissimīs
accusative doctissimum doctissimam doctissimum doctissimōs doctissimās doctissima
ablative doctissimō doctissimā doctissimō doctissimīs
vocative doctissime doctissima doctissimum doctissimī doctissimae doctissima

References

  • doctissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a great scholar: vir doctissimus
    • all learned men: omnes docti, quivis doctus, doctissimus quisque
    • the learned men are most unanimous in..: summa est virorum doctissimorum consensio (opp. dissensio)