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  • These pages, I have said, were the ultimus labor of mine ingenious assistant; but I say not, as the great Dr. Pitcairn of his hero — ultimus atque optitmis.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • For there is no such finis ultimus (utmost aim) nor summum bonum (greatest good) as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers.

    Leviathan 2007

  • "Si autem ultimus finis esset divitiarum affuentia, oeconomus rex quidam multitudinis esset."

    The Justice of Distributism 2007

  • Prior, prīmus, ultimus, and postrēmus are frequently equivalent to a relative clause; as, -- prīmus eam vīdī, _I was the first who saw her_; ultimus dēcessit, _he was the last who withdrew_.

    New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

  • = Compare _Tr_ I i 127-28 (the end of Ovid's instructions to his book) 'longa uia est, propera! nobis habitabitur orbis/ultimus, a terra terra remota mea'.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Dictus est autem dies nuptiarum ultimus Augusti, circa quod tempus vos ad colloquium profecturum (_sic_) spero.

    The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell

  • Scribes, however, found the declension puzzling; and it is common to find the pseudo-accusative in _-on_ offered by some manuscripts whenever the true form in _-o_ occurs; this has happened at _Her_ VI 65 'ultimus

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Accordingly he begins his "Liber ultimus" with a new signature, preceded by a blank page.

    Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name

  • _Ep_ I xvii 35 'principibus placuisse uiris non ultima laus est', _Cons ad Liuiam_ 44 'ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas', Vell Pat I 11 1, and the other instances cited by _OLD ultimus_ 9.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • AeneadAs et primus et ultimus orbis ', _Fast_ III 105-6' quis tunc aut

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

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