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maximae

maximae is a Latin form of magnus, meaning “great, large; important”. It is the dative singular feminine adjective or nominative plural feminine adjective or vocative plural feminine adjective or genitive singular feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of multus, “much, many”.

Found 109 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.15.4: Quae quidem res ad negotium conficiendum maximae fuit oportunitati:

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.1.7: Maximae uero uirginis Aemiliae discipulam extincto igne tutam ab omni reprehensione Vestae numen praestitit. qua adorante, cum carbasum, quem optimum habebat, foculo inposuisset, subito ignis emicuit.

All forms of magnus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.