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optumum

optumum is a Latin form of bonus, meaning “good”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective or accusative singular masculine adjective.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.46: … unam rem declarari volo, sed utor, ut quam maxime significem, pluribus. volo autem dicere illud homini longe optumum esse, quod ipsum sit optandum per se, a virtute profectum vel in ipsa virtute situm, sua sponte laudabile, qu …

Plautus, Aulularia 2.1.144: Íd quod in rém tuam óptumum esse árbitror,

Plautus, Captivi 2.2.333: Optumum atque aequissumum oras optumusque hominum es homo.

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.