optimates

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑptɪˈmeɪtiːz/ Rhymes: -eɪtiz === Noun === optimates plural of optimate === Anagrams === teapotism == Latin == === Noun === optimātēs nominative/accusative/vocative plural of optimās === References === "optimates", 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) “optimates”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “optimates”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin