potissimus
Latin
Alternative forms
- potissumus
Etymology
Superlative of potis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔˈtɪs.sɪ.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [poˈt̪is.si.mus]
Adjective
potissimus (feminine potissima, neuter potissimum, adverb potissimum or potissimē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | potissimus | potissima | potissimum | potissimī | potissimae | potissima | |
| genitive | potissimī | potissimae | potissimī | potissimōrum | potissimārum | potissimōrum | |
| dative | potissimō | potissimae | potissimō | potissimīs | |||
| accusative | potissimum | potissimam | potissimum | potissimōs | potissimās | potissima | |
| ablative | potissimō | potissimā | potissimō | potissimīs | |||
| vocative | potissime | potissima | potissimum | potissimī | potissimae | potissima | |
References
- potissimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “potis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- potis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung