optimas

• optumās

From optimus (“very good, the best”, superlative of bonus) + -ās.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.tɪ.maːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.ti.mas]

optimās m (genitive optimātis); third declension

1. aristocrat

   Synonyms: honestī, prīmōrēs, principēs, bonī

2. (in the plural) adherents of the aristocratic party

   Antonym: populārēs

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• eximiī m pl (Mediaeval)

optimās (genitive optimātis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to the best
2. of or pertaining to the noblest
3. aristocratic, noble

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

• “optimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “optimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “optimas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • aristocracy (as a form of government): optimatium dominatus
    
  • aristocracy (as a form of government): civitas, quae optimatium arbitrio regitur
    
  • the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
    

optimas

1. feminine plural of optimo

optimas

1. second-person singular present indicative of optimar