MAXIMUS, maximus
Sounds Like: MAHK-see-moos
Translations: greatest, very great, largest, very large
From the root: MAXIMUS
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: Maximus is a Latin adjective meaning 'greatest' or 'very great'. It is the superlative form of the adjective 'magnus' (great, large). It is used to describe something that is the largest, most important, or most significant among a group. For example, it could describe the greatest leader, the largest building, or the most significant event.
Inflection: Superlative, Masculine, Nominative, Singular. This adjective inflects for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative).
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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.
- MAXIMAM — greatest, a greatest, largest, a largest, biggest, a biggest
- 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
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