postremus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *postrezmo- < *posterezemo- < *posterisemo-, from Proto-Italic *posterisemos. Equivalent to posterus +‎ -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and suprēmus. Compare with postumus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

postrēmus (superlative, feminine postrēma, neuter postrēmum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of posterus
    1. last
    2. next, following (coming after)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative postrēmus postrēma postrēmum postrēmī postrēmae postrēma
genitive postrēmī postrēmae postrēmī postrēmōrum postrēmārum postrēmōrum
dative postrēmō postrēmae postrēmō postrēmīs
accusative postrēmum postrēmam postrēmum postrēmōs postrēmās postrēma
ablative postrēmō postrēmā postrēmō postrēmīs
vocative postrēme postrēma postrēmum postrēmī postrēmae postrēma

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: postrem
  • Italian: postremo
  • Portuguese: postremo

References

  • “postremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “postremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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