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Latin
Adjective
maxumus (superlative, feminine maxuma, neuter maxumum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of magnus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.521:
- maxumus Īlioneus placidō sīc pectore coepit
- The eldest, Ilioneus, with a placid heart, thus began
(A variant; appears in some Latin texts as maximus. Ilioneus, an elderly, high-ranking, and very distinguished Trojan warrior, speaks humbly as a peaceful supplicant to Queen Dido.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.