non plus ultra

From Latin non plus ultra, the name given to the type by the Enschedé Foundry in Haarlem, who first cut it.

non plus ultra

1. (printing, dated) a small size of type, equivalent to 2 point

• vierde petit

• → German: Non Plus Ultra

Unadapted borrowing from Latin nōn plūs ultra.

non plus ultra m (invariable)

1. the very best, the ne plus ultra

• non plus ultra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ne plus ultra

Literally, “nothing further beyond”, nōn (“not”) + plūs (“more”) + ultrā (“beyond”). An ancient post-classical Mediterranean aphorism, fabulously alleged to have been inscribed somewhere upon the Pillars of Hercules as a warning to ships to sail no further. Adopted during the Renaissance as a metaphor for the stifling influence of ancient philosophy on the progress of thought. Compare Gādēs.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoːn ˈpɫuːs ˈʊɫ.traː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔn ˈplus ˈul̪.t̪ra]

nōn plūs ultra

1. A warning to not go beyond (this point).

• plus ultrā

• → Dutch: non plus ultra
  • → German: Non Plus Ultra
• → English: ne plus ultra
• → French: non plus ultra
• → German: Nonplusultra
• → Italian: non plus ultra

• here be dragons