ultimus

== Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈulti(ː)mus/, [ˈul̪t̪i(ː)mus̠] Rhymes: -ultimus Syllabification(key): ul‧ti‧mus Hyphenation(key): ul‧ti‧mus === Noun === ultimus (academia) In an academic promotion ceremony, the person who graduates with the second best grades and receives his/her diploma last. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== priimus == Latin == === Etymology === Superlative of ulter, from Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos, whence also Oscan 𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌌 (últiumam, acc sg fem). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈul.ti.mus] === Adjective === ultimus (superlative, feminine ultima, neuter ultimum); first/second declension superlative degree of ulter (of space) the furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last Synonym: postrēmus Antonym: primus (of time) last, final, ultimate, end ad ultimum ― at last, finally, at the last moment Antonym: primus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Antonyms ==== initiālis (first) orīginālis (first) proximus (next) ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ultimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario Latino, Olivetti