Latin search results for: pessima

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. lowest in quality/rank
  2. most disloyal/unkind
  3. wickedest
  4. worst, most incapable
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. harm, injure, bring calamity
  2. ruin, debase
  3. spoil completely, make utterly bad
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)