multesimus

Latin

Etymology

From multus (“much”) +‎ -ēsimus (“-th”).

Adjective

multēsimus (feminine multēsima, neuter multēsimum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. 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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative multēsimus multēsima multēsimum multēsimī multēsimae multēsima
genitive multēsimī multēsimae multēsimī multēsimōrum multēsimārum multēsimōrum
dative multēsimō multēsimae multēsimō multēsimīs
accusative multēsimum multēsimam multēsimum multēsimōs multēsimās multēsima
ablative multēsimō multēsimā multēsimō multēsimīs
vocative multēsime multēsima multēsimum multēsimī multēsimae multēsima

Descendants

  • → Translingual: multesimus
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