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optimi

optimi is a Latin form of bonus, meaning “good”. It is the nominative plural masculine superlative adjective or genitive singular masculine superlative adjective.

Found 213 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.39: … numerum, quam ipse pacaverat, nominatim ex omnibus civitatibus nobilissimo et fortissimo quoque evocato, huc optimi generis hominum ex Aquitanis montanisque, qui Galliam provinciam attingunt, addiderat. Audierat Pompeium per …

Tacitus, Historiae 3.73: … blicae populi Romani accidit, nullo externo hoste, propitiis, si per mores nostros liceret, deis, sedem Iovis Optimi Maximi auspicato a maioribus pignus imperii conditam, quam non Porsenna dedita urbe neque Galli capta temerar …

All forms of bonus (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.