MAXIMUM, maximum
Sounds Like: MAHK-see-moom
Translations: greatest, largest, most important, very great, a greatest thing
From the root: MAGNUS
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter singular form of the superlative adjective 'magnus', meaning 'great'. It translates to 'greatest', 'largest', or 'most important'. It is used to describe something that is of the highest degree in size, importance, or quantity. It can function as an adjective modifying a neuter noun, or as a substantive meaning 'the greatest thing'.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
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, MAGNUS.
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.
- MAGNA — great, a great, large, a large, mighty, a mighty, important, an important
- MAGNAE — great, large, important, of great, to great, a great, of a great, to a great
- MAGNALIA — great things, mighty works, wonders
- MAGNO — (to) a great, (to) a large, (to) an important, (by) a great, (by) a large, (by) an important, (with) a great, (with) a large, (with) an important
- MAGNUM — great, large, important, a great thing, a large thing
- MAGNUS — great, large, important, mighty, a great one, a large one
- MAXIME — most, especially, greatly, exceedingly, very much
- MAXIMIS — (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
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