Latin

Adjective

extrēmus ‎(superlative of exter)

1. situated at the end, edge, or tip
2. occurring at the end (of a period of time), last
3. extreme in degree

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• extrēmitās

Descendants

• English: extreme
• Portuguese: extremo

Noun

extremus m ‎(genitive extremī); second declension

1. rear
2. end

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: extreme
• Portuguese: extremo

References

• extremus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• extremus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “extremus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the most distant countries, the world's end: extremae terrae partes
    
  • (ambiguous) on the edge of the hill: ad extremum tumulum
    
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the year: exeunte, extremo anno
    
  • (ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips: extremis digitis aliquid attingere
    
  • (ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days: extrema aetas
    
  • (ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days: extremum tempus aetatis
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up the ghost: extremum vitae spiritum edere
    
  • (ambiguous) to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
    
  • (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: ad extrema perventum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be reduced to one's last resource: ad extremum auxilium descendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have recourse to extreme measures: descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    
  • (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work: extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
    
  • (ambiguous) the rearguard: agmen novissimum (extremum)
    
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press