audacissimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →audax, audacis (gen.), audacior -or -us, audacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bold, daring; courageous; reckless, rash; audacious, presumptuous; desperate;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...apud M. Laecam fuisset necne. Cum ille homo audacissimus conscientia convictus primo reticuisset, patefeci cetera; quid ea nocte..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mihi maxima iuris" inque aditu obsisto: furit audacissimus omni de numero Lycabas, qui Tusca pulsus ab urbe exilium..."
