ūltimus (ūltumus)

    ūltimus (ūltumus) adj. sup.    [cf. ulterior].— In space, farthest, most distant, most remote, uttermost, extreme, last: (luna) quae ultima a caelo lucebat: in ultimam provinciam se coniecit, the most remote part of the province: maris terrarumque orae, L.: Africa, farthest Africa, H.: quā terrarum ultimas finit Oceanus, L.— Plur m. as subst, the most remote people, those farthest on: recessum primis ultimi non dabant.—As subst n., what is farthest, the most remote, the last, the end: praeponens ultima primis, H.: ultima signant, the goal, V.: extremum atque ultimum mundi.—Of time or order, remotest, earliest, oldest, first, last, latest, final: ultimi temporis recordatio: memoria pueritiae: sanguinis auctor, V.: dies, last, O.: de duro est ultima ferro, O.: necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis, L.: senatūs consultum, Cs.— Plur n. as subst: perferto et ultima exspectato, the end.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the end, at last, lastly, finally: si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset, L.— Rarely with illud: domos suas ultimum illud visuri, now for the last time, L.—Of degrees or rank, utmost, extreme, highest, first, greatest: summum bonum, quod ultimum appello: ultimae causae cur perirent, etc., H.: periculum, Cu.: inopia, L.: supplicium, i. e. capital punishment, Cs.: discrimen vitae, L.—As subst n.: omnia ultima pati, any extremity, L.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the extreme, in the highest degree: fidem ad ultimum fratri praestare, L.: consilium ad ultimum demens, utterly, L.: ad ultimum inopiae adducere, to the last degree, L.: ad ultimum periculi pervenire, Cu.— Lowest, meanest: non ultima laus, H.: vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certare, L.