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maximas

maximas is a Latin form of magnus, meaning “great, large; important”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

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

Found 128 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.3.1: … e ad proficiscendum pertinerent comparare, iumentorum et carrorum quam maximum numerum coemere, sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare.

Plautus, Captivi 4.1.769: máximas opimitates opiparasque offers mihi,

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.17.12.1: Máximas opímitates gaúdio effertíssimas

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.