different between african vs maximus

Friulian

Adjective

african

1. African

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africans, feminine plural africanas)

1. African

Related terms

• Africa

Venetian

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africani, feminine plural africane)

1. African

Related terms

• Àfrica

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *magis?mos, from Proto-Indo-European *mé?h?s (“great”).

Alternative forms

• maxumus (Republican spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mak.si.mus/, [?mäks??m?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mak.si.mus/, [?m?ksimus]
• Note: the only evidence for a long /a/ in this word is the inscriptional MÁX(IMVS) in the acts of the Arval Brethren for 120 C.E. If genuine, this would be an example of the much-debated Lachmann's law.

Adjective

maximus (feminine maxima, neuter maximum, positive magnus); first/second declension

1. Superlative degree of magnus: greatest (in various senses):
   1. (of size) biggest, largest

      Antonyms: minimus, tenuissimus

   2. (of number, value, amount) largest
      1. (of sound) loudest
      2. (law, of property) unencumbered

   3. (of age) oldest, eldest

   4. (of degree) highest, utmost

   5. (of things) most important, chief, leading, critical

   6. (of power or reputation) mightiest, most eminent, senior or distinguished

   7. (with agent nouns) outstanding (denoting excellence in a special activity)
   8. (of mind, spirit) most confident, bravest; most generous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• Iuppiter Optimus Maximus

Descendants

References

• “maximus” on page 1196 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• maximus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maximus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maximus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• maximus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers