perfectissimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perfectissimus, perfectissimi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
most-perfect man;
nom. sg.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...primum, quamquam plena omnia gypso Chrysippi inuenias; nam perfectissimus horum, si quis Aristotelen similem uel Pittacon emit..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...alicui proprie quem per omnia sequatur addicere. Longe perfectissimus Graecorum Demosthenes, aliquid tamen aliquo in loco melius alii..."