optimates

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑptɪˈmeɪtiːz/
• Rhymes: -eɪtiz

Noun

optimates

1. plural of optimate

Anagrams

• teapotism

Latin

Noun

optimātēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of optimās

References

• "optimates", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “optimates”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “optimates”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin