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maximos

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

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

Found 71 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.29.1: Eadem nocte accidit ut esset luna plena, qui dies maritimos aestus maximos in Oceano efficere consuevit, nostrisque id erat incognitum.

Jerome, Epistolae 60.5: … liri; Lucius Paulus septem diebus inter duorum exequias filiorum triumphans urbem ingressus est. Praetermitto Maximos, Catones, Gallos, Pisones, Brutos, Scaevolas, Metellos, Scauros, Marios, Crassos, Marcellos atque Aufidios, q …

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.