summas

summas

1. plural of summa

• samsum

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊm.maːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsum.mas]

From summus + -ās.

summās (genitive summātis); third-declension one-termination adjective (pre-classical and post-classical)

1. of high or noble birth, highborn, noble, eminent; distinguished, venerable, honorable

   Synonyms: honestus, optimās, primās, prīmōris

   • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 1.1.21–25:

     Decet pol, mea Selenium,
     hunc esse ordinem benevolentis inter se
     beneque amicitia utier,
     ubi istas videas summo genere natas, summatis matronas,
     ut amicitiam colunt atque ut eam iunctam bene habent inter se.

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   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.1:

     nanctusque opacae noctis silentiosa secreta, certus etiam summatem deam praecipua maiestate pollere resque prorsus humanas ipsius regi providentia

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   • c. 430 CE – c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae 3:

     Ita cuncti nostrates idemque summates viri optimarum te exactissimarumque partium praestantissimum patremfamilias consono praeconio prosequuntur.

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

summās

1. accusative plural of summa

• “summas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “summas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

summas

1. indefinite genitive singular of summa