maximus

• maxumus (Republican spelling)

From Proto-Italic *magisəmos, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.mus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.mus/,
• Note: the only evidence for a long /a/ in this word is the inscriptional MÁX(IMVS) in the acts of the Arval Brethren for 120 CE.^[1] If genuine, this would be an example of the much-debated Lachmann's law.^[2]

maximus (feminine maxima, neuter maximum, positive magnus); first/second declension

1. Superlative degree of magnus: greatest (in various senses):
   1. (of size) biggest, largest

      Antonyms: minimus, tenuissimus

   2. (of number, value, amount) largest
      1. (of sound) loudest
      2. (law, of property) unencumbered

         uti optimae maximaeque sunt (aedēs) ― the building is free from any encumberance

   3. (of age) oldest, eldest

      maximus nātū ― the eldest

   4. (of degree) highest, utmost

      maximō opere ― extremely, vehemently, with the greatest intensity

   5. (of things) most important, chief, leading, critical

      maximī facere ― to value greatly, make much of

   6. (of power or reputation) mightiest, most eminent, senior or distinguished

      annālēs maximī ― the annals compiled by the Pontifex Maximus

   7. (with agent nouns) outstanding (denoting excellence in a special activity)
   8. (of mind, spirit) most confident, bravest; most generous

First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

• Iuppiter Optimus Maximus

• “maximus” on page 1196 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• “maximus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maximus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maximus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • it is high time that..: tempus maximum est, ut
    
  • to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
    
  • to remunerate (handsomely): praemiis (amplissimis, maximis) aliquem afficere
    
  • to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
    
  • to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • to be overwhelmed by a great affliction: in maximos luctus incidere
    
  • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
    
  • to inspire some one with the most brilliant hopes: in maximam spem aliquem adducere (Att. 2. 22. 3)
    
  • to be reduced to extreme financial embarrassment: in maximas angustias (pecuniae) adduci
    
  • a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)
    
  • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
    
  • by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
    
  • the main point: id quod maximum, gravissimum est
    
• “maximus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers