pessimus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pessemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mó-s, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) +‎ *-tm̥mó-s (superlative suffix). Related to peior. See also -issimus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpes.si.mus/, [ˈpɛs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpes.si.mus/, [ˈpɛsːimus]

Adjective

pessimus (feminine pessima, neuter pessimum); first/second declension

  1. superlative degree of malus; worst
    Synonym: deterrimus, nequissimus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pessimus pessima pessimum pessimī pessimae pessima
Genitive pessimī pessimae pessimī pessimōrum pessimārum pessimōrum
Dative pessimō pessimō pessimīs
Accusative pessimum pessimam pessimum pessimōs pessimās pessima
Ablative pessimō pessimā pessimō pessimīs
Vocative pessime pessima pessimum pessimī pessimae pessima

Antonyms

Descendants

References
  • “pessimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pessimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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