extremus

== Latin == === Etymology === From earlier *extrezmo- < *exterezemo- < *exterisemo-, from Proto-Italic *eksterisemos. Equivalent to exter +‎ -ēmus. Same development as postrēmus and suprēmus. Compare with extimus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈstreː.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈstrɛː.mus] === Adjective === extrēmus (superlative, feminine extrēma, neuter extrēmum); first/second declension superlative degree of exter (spatial) farthest, outermost, extreme (temporal) coming at the end, last, final, ultimate Antonym: prīmus extreme in degree, intense (denoting a part from a bigger whole) the end, edge or tip of something: (spatial) Synonyms: ultimus, postrēmus, prīmus extrēmus liber ― the end of a book extrēmī digitī ― one's fingertips (temporal) Antonym: prīmus extrēma ōrātiō ― the end of an oration ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Coordiante terms ==== (adjectives denoting a part from a bigger whole (partitive)): īmus, īnfimus (“lowest part of”) / suprēmus, summus (“highest part of”) prīmus (“beginning of”) / ultimus, postrēmus (“last part of”) medius (“middle of”); intimus (“inermost part of, deepest part of”) ==== Derived terms ==== extrēmitās ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: extrem → English: extreme → Middle French: extreme French: extrême → Romanian: extrem → German: extrem → Galician: extremo → Italian: estremo, stremo → Portuguese: extremo → Spanish: extremo → Swedish: extrem === Noun === extrēmus m (genitive extrēmī); second declension rear end ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: extrem → English: extreme → Middle French: extreme French: extrême → Galician: estremo, extremo → Italian: estremo, stremo → Piedmontese: estrem → Portuguese: extremo → Spanish: extremo === References === “extremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “extremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “extremus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN