magnissimus

== Latin == === Adjective === magnissimus (superlative, feminine magnissima, neuter magnissimum); first/second declension (informal) superlative degree of magnus ==== Usage notes ==== The expected and usual superlative of magnus is maximus, but this alternative was used by the Latin grammarian Virgilius Maro. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === "magnissimus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) H. A. Strong (1918), "Notes on the Vocabulary of the Grammarian, Virgilius Maro", The Modern Language Review, 13 (1) : 96-98.