maximus,
in the highest degree, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, altogether,
very
: florere: quid laudem maxume?
T.: egredi non possim, si maxime velim: huic legioni
Caesar confidebat maxime, Cs.: naturalis
amicitia: plebi acceptus, Cs.: quae maxime
liberalissima: ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem
accommodate.—In phrases with
unus, omnium, multo, vel, quam
: qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
in the very highest degree
, Cu.: unus omnium maxime,
most of all
, N.: maxime omnium belli avida,
above all others
, L.: multo maxime,
by far most effectually
, T.: ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna
corpora.—With
qui
in the phrases, quam qui maxime, and ut qui maxime,
as any one whatever
: tam enim sum amicus rei p., quam qui maxime: grata ea res,
ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit, L.—With
ut quisque . . . ita
: ut quisque animi magnitudine maxume excellit, ita
maxume, etc.,
the more . . . so much the more
: ut quisque maxume ad suum commodum refert . . . ita minime
est vir bonus,
the more . . . the less
.— In gradations,
first of all, in the first place
: maxime quidem . . . secundo autem loco: maxime . . .
proxime.—With
non
: quibus si ingenium non maxime defuit,
not utterly.—Especially, particularly, principally
: quae ratio poëtas maxumeque Homerum inpulit,
ut, etc.: cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum ordinem, maxume scilicet nostrae
civitatis.—In the phrases, cum . . . tum maxime; tum . . . tum maxime; ut . .
. tum maxime,
but more especially
: plena exemplorum est nostra res p., cum saepe, tum maxime
bello Punico secundo: longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae
partibus, tum maxime, etc.—With
tum or cum, just, precisely, exactly
: consulem tum maxime res agentem avocare,
L.: tum cum maxime,
at that precise moment
, L.: nunc cum maxime.—With
modus, just about, very much
: hoc maxime modo in Italiam perventum est,
L.: ruinae maxime modo, L.: in hunc maxime modum locutus est,
much to this effect
, L.—To emphasize assent or dissent,
certainly, by all means, very well, yes: Cr
. duc me ad eam.
My
. maxume, T.—With
immo, certainly not, by no means
: Immo maxume, T.: immo vero maxume, S.
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