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Latin
Etymology
From multus (“much”) + -ēsimus (“-th”).
Adjective
multēsimus (feminine multēsima, neuter multēsimum); first/second-declension adjective
- very
c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE,
Lucretius,
Dē Rērum Nātūrā 6.651:
- reminiscaris summam rerum esse profundam et videas caelum summai totius unum quam sit parvula pars et quam multesima constet nec tota pars, homo terrai quota totius unus.
- Remember how boundless is the Sum-of-Things, And mark how infinitely small a part Of the whole Sum is this one sky of ours-- O not so large a part as is one man Of the whole earth.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants