Learned borrowing fromLatinextrēmum, neuter form ofextrēmus(“extreme in degree”).Doublet ofextreme.
extremum (pluralextremaorextremums)
- (mathematics) A point, or value that is amaximum or aminimum.
- Hyponyms:maximum,minimum
Borrowed fromLatin.
- IPA(key): /ɛk.stʁɛ.mɔm/ ~/ɛk.stʁe.mɔm/
extremum m (pluralextremums)
- extremum
extrēmum
- inflection ofextrēmus:
- nominative/accusative/vocativeneutersingular
- accusativemasculinesingular
extrēmum m
- accusativesingular ofextrēmus
- “extremum”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extremum inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) on the edge of the hill:ad extremum tumulum
- (ambiguous) at the end of the year:exeunte, extremo anno
- (ambiguous) to touch with the fingertips:extremis digitis aliquid attingere
- (ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days:extrema aetas
- (ambiguous) the last stage of life, one's last days:extremum tempus aetatis
- (ambiguous) to give up the ghost:extremum vitae spiritum edere
- (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties:res ad extremum casum perducta est
- (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties:ad extrema perventum est
- (ambiguous) to be reduced to one's last resource:ad extremum auxilium descendere
- (ambiguous) to have recourse to extreme measures:descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)
- (ambiguous) to go back to the remote ages:repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- (ambiguous) at the end of the book:in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
- (ambiguous) to put the finishing touch to a work:extrema manus accēdit operi (activeextremam manum imponere operi)
- (ambiguous) the rearguard:agmen novissimum (extremum)
