-issimus
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Via Proto-Italic *-isemos, from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (zero-grade of *-yōs (intensive/comparative suffix)) + *-tm̥mós (absolute superlative suffix). The latter is seen whole in -timus (e.g. intimus – extimus, citimus – ultimus, assimilated pessimus – optimus). The original form seems, however, to be *-m̥mós (cf. super – summus, Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌼𐌰 (innuma, “innermost”)), with acquired t from the paradigm -ter- – -timus- (e.g. exter – extimus), and is cognate with Proto-Germanic *-umô (source, via metanalysis, of English -most). By various sound changes (e.g. *-isemos > *-ismos > -īmus) superlative grades in -īmus, -ēmus etc. (e.g. extrēmus, suprēmus) are also found.
The expected alteration of *-(o)ism̥mos to *-erimus is nowhere to be found. The -ss- may be an example of expressive lengthening of the *-s- or influence from specific forms as pessimus and endings in -errimus and -illimus.
-issimus (feminine -issima, neuter -issimum); first/second-declension suffix
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -issimus | -issima | -issimum | -issimī | -issimae | -issima | |
Genitive | -issimī | -issimae | -issimī | -issimōrum | -issimārum | -issimōrum | |
Dative | -issimō | -issimō | -issimīs | ||||
Accusative | -issimum | -issimam | -issimum | -issimōs | -issimās | -issima | |
Ablative | -issimō | -issimā | -issimō | -issimīs | |||
Vocative | -issime | -issima | -issimum | -issimī | -issimae | -issima |
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