novissima

novissima is a Latin form of novus, meaning “new”. It is the accusative plural neuter superlative adjective or nominative plural neuter superlative adjective.

It can also be a form of novissimus, “last, rear; most recent; utmost”.

Found 72 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 11.1.3: quid ergo a est inquis tui consili? dandus est locus fortunae, cedendum ex Italia, migrandum Rhodum aut aliquo terrarum arbitror. si melior casus fuerit, revertemur Romam; si mediocris, in exsilio vivemus; si pessimus, ad novissima auxilia descendemus.

Suetonius, Nero 39.3: … ita demonstrauerat, ut bibentem natantemque faceret, exitum scilicet Claudi Agrippinaeque significans, et in nouissima clausula Orcus uobis ducit pedes senatum gestu notarat. histrionem et philosophum Nero nihil amplius quam urb …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 17_18.104.28: … pugnatum est; post finita arma triginta tyrannis noxae dedita est civitas, ex quibus plerique inimici erant. Novissima damnatio est sub gravissimis nominibus impleta: obiecta est et religionum violatio et iuventutis corruptela, …

All forms of novus (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.