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maximis

maximis is a Latin form of magnus, meaning “great, large; important”. It is the ablative plural feminine adjective or ablative plural masculine adjective or dative plural neuter adjective or ablative plural neuter adjective.

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

Found 295 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.7.1: Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset, eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari, maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit.

Cicero, De Officiis 2.5: Maximis igitur in malis hoc tamen boni assecuti videmur, ut ea litteris mandaremus, quae nec erant satis nota nostris …

Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1.305_frg3: prohibét divitiis máximis, dóte áltili atque opíma.

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.