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See also: optimé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.
Pronunciation
Noun
optime (plural optimes)
- (Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
- 1994, Michael J. Crowe, A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 20:
- The winning of even a single optime was very rare. Upon winning the second optime, Hamilton “became a celebrity in the intellectual circle of Dublin; and invitations, embarrassing from their number, poured in upon him. . .” (2,I; 209)
See also
Further reading
- “optime”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Adjective
optime (plural optimes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “optime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Adjective
optime
- superlative degree of bon (“best”)
Latin
Etymology 1
Superlative of bene; from optimus (“very good”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.tɪ.meː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.t̪i.me]
Adverb
optimē
- (superlative degree of bene) very well; excellently
- thoroughly
- most opportunely, just in time
Related terms
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Etymology 2
Inflected form of optimus (“very good”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.tɪ.mɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.t̪i.me]
Adjective
optime
References
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “optime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “optime”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
- (ambiguous) to hope well of a person: bene, optime (meliora) sperare de aliquo (Nep. Milt. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) to have the good of the state at heart: bene, optime sentire de re publica
- (ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
optime f (plural optimi)
- an eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)
Declension
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Spanish
Verb
optime
- inflection of optimar:
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