mirissimus
Latin
Adjective
mīrissimus (feminine mīrissima, neuter mīrissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of mīrus
- 1861, Henry Dircks, quoting Roberto Fludd, Tractatus Secundus De Naturæ Simia seu Technica macrocosmi historia in partes undecim divisa, 1618, quoted in Perpetuum Mobile; or, search for self-motive power, during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, page 30:
- Exemplum exhibiamus in mirissima illa machina cochleæ Archimedeæ per lineas spirales aquā haurientis […]
- We show an example in that most wonderful device of an Archimedes screw that draws water along spiral lines […]
Usage notes
Not used in Classical Latin.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mīrissimus | mīrissima | mīrissimum | mīrissimī | mīrissimae | mīrissima | |
| Genitive | mīrissimī | mīrissimae | mīrissimī | mīrissimōrum | mīrissimārum | mīrissimōrum | |
| Dative | mīrissimō | mīrissimō | mīrissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | mīrissimum | mīrissimam | mīrissimum | mīrissimōs | mīrissimās | mīrissima | |
| Ablative | mīrissimō | mīrissimā | mīrissimō | mīrissimīs | |||
| Vocative | mīrissime | mīrissima | mīrissimum | mīrissimī | mīrissimae | mīrissima | |
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