optime
See also: optimé
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoptime (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
editFurther reading
edit- “optime”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
edit
Etymology
editBorrowed from Latin optimus (“great”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editoptime (plural optimes)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “optime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editoptime
- (superlative degree of bon) best
Latin
editEtymology 1
editSuperlative of bene; from optimus (“very good”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.meː/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Adverb
editoptimē
- (superlative degree of bene) very well; excellently
- thoroughly
- most opportunely, just in time
Related terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editInflected form of optimus (“very good”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]
Adjective
editoptime
References
edit- “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[1], 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
Romanian
editEtymology
editFrom opt + -ime; compare Aromanian uptimi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoptime f (plural optimi)
- an eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)
Declension
editSpanish
editVerb
editoptime
- inflection of optimar:
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