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maximorum

maximorum is a Latin form of magnus, meaning “great, large; important”. It is the genitive plural neuter adjective or genitive plural masculine adjective.

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

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.176: mala est haec quidem, ut dixi, ac potius perdita maximorum peccatorum, huius autem iniquitatis et inertiae confessio, non defensio criminis; sed tamen hac ipsa tibi, si …

Cicero, On Oratory 1.210: … quarum qui essent animo et scientia compotes, eos esse imperatores dicerem, utererque exemplis Africanorum et Maximorum, Epaminondam atque Hannibalem atque eius generis homines nominarem.

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.