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optimatium

optimatium is a Latin form of optimas, meaning “aristocratic; (optimates) the aristocratic party”. It is the genitive plural masculine adjective.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 1.7: … atrox tamque incredibilis, verum, id quod multo magis est admirandum, dies? dixi ego idem in senatu caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem v Kalendas Novembris, tum cum multi principes civitatis Roma non tam sui conservandi …

Cicero, De Haruspicum Responso In P. Clodium 40: … se dicunt satis est dictum, videamus quid idem haruspices a dis iam immortalibus dicant moneri. monent ne per optimativm discordiam dissensionemqve patribvs principibvsqve caedes pericvlaqve creentvr avxilioqve divini nvminis defi …

All forms of optimas (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.