MAXIMAM, maximam
Sounds Like: MAH-ksee-mahm
Translations: greatest, a greatest, largest, a largest, biggest, a biggest
From the root: MAXIMUS
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the Latin adjective 'magnus', meaning 'great' or 'large'. It is used to describe something as being the greatest, largest, or biggest in extent, size, or importance. As an adjective, it modifies a noun and must agree with it in gender, number, and case. In this form, it is used for a singular feminine noun in the accusative case.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, MAXIMUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- MAXIMO — to the greatest, for the greatest, by the greatest, with the greatest, from the greatest, to the largest, for the largest, by the largest, with the largest, from the largest, to the very great, for the very great, by the very great, with the very great, from the very great
- MAXIMUS — greatest, very great, largest, very large
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