optime

See also: optimé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmeɪ/

Noun

optime (plural optimes)

1. (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

• wrangler

Further reading

• “optime”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optimus (“great”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

optime (plural optimes)

1. (obsolete, rare) great, optimum

Related terms

• bon

Further reading

• “optime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.me/

Adjective

optime

1. (superlative degree of bon) best

Latin

Etymology 1

Superlative of bene; from optimus (“very good”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.meː/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]

Adverb

optimē

1. (superlative degree of bene) very well; excellently
2. thoroughly
3. most opportunely, just in time

Related terms

• optimās
• optimitās
• optimus

See also

• bene

Etymology 2

Inflected form of optimus (“very good”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ɪmɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.ti.me/, [ˈɔpt̪ime]

Adjective

optime

1. vocative masculine singular of optimus

References

• “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
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Romanian

Etymology

From opt +‎ -ime; compare Aromanian uptimi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opˈti.me/

Noun

optime f (plural optimi)

1. an eighth (one of eight equal parts of a whole)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	optime	optimea		optimi	optimile
genitive-dative	optimi	optimii		optimi	optimilor
vocative	optime, optimeo			optimilor

Spanish

Verb

optime

1. inflection of optimar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative