cf. ulterior.— In
space,
farthest, most distant, most remote, uttermost, extreme, last
: (luna) quae ultima a caelo lucebat: in ultimam provinciam
se coniecit,
the most remote part of the province
: maris terrarumque orae, L.: Africa,
farthest Africa
, H.: quā terrarum ultimas finit
Oceanus, L.—Plur
m
. as subst,
the most remote people, those farthest on
: recessum primis ultimi non dabant.—As
subst
n., what is farthest, the most remote, the last, the end
: praeponens ultima primis, H.: ultima signant,
the goal
, V.: extremum atque ultimum
mundi.—Of time or order,
remotest, earliest, oldest, first, last, latest, final
: ultimi temporis recordatio: memoria pueritiae: sanguinis
auctor, V.: dies,
last
, O.: de duro est ultima ferro,
O.: necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est,
superiores estis, L.: senatūs
consultum, Cs.—Plur
n
. as subst: perferto et ultima
exspectato,
the end
.—In the phrase, ad ultimum,
to the end, at last, lastly, finally
: si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos
esset, L.— Rarely with
illud
: domos suas ultimum illud visuri,
now for the last time
, L.—Of degrees or rank,
utmost, extreme, highest, first, greatest
: summum bonum, quod ultimum appello: ultimae causae cur
perirent, etc., H.: periculum,
Cu.: inopia, L.: supplicium, i. e.
capital punishment
, Cs.: discrimen vitae,
L.—As subst
n.
: omnia ultima pati,
any extremity
, L.—In the phrase, ad ultimum,
to the extreme, in the highest degree
: fidem ad ultimum fratri praestare, L.:
consilium ad ultimum demens,
utterly
, L.: ad ultimum inopiae adducere,
to the last degree
, L.: ad ultimum periculi pervenire,
Cu.—
Lowest, meanest
: non ultima laus, H.: vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certare, L.
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