last (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Final1. postrēmus (strictly, hindmost)2. ultĭmus (strictly, farthest back or away; in which sense Cic. uses the word3. extrēmus (strictly, outside)4. nŏvissĭmus (concerning the origin of this word, see Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 59)5. suprēmus (not in Cic., and usu. with ref. to something important)II. Immediately preceding • last (adj.): I. Final: 1. postrēmus (strictly, hindmost): to put some things first, others l., alia prima ponere, alia p., Cic. Or. 15, 50: the l. tribute (of affection), mortis p. munus, Cat. 101, 3: for the l. time, postremum (with a verb), Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 22: Cic. 2. ultĭmus (strictly, farthest back or away; in which sense Cic. uses the word: cf. Inv. 2, 2, 3, ab ultimo principio, most remote in time): to put l. first, praeponere ultima primis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59: to whom that day was to be the l., quibus u. esset ille dies, Virg. Aen. 2, 248. 3. extrēmus (strictly, outside): the l. month of the year, mensis ex. anni, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 54 (but extremo mense, at the end of the month): a l. embrace, ex. complexus, Cic. Verr. 5, 45, 118: for the l. time, extremum (with a verb), Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 15: the l. day, extremus ille dies (v. judgment-day). 4. nŏvissĭmus (concerning the origin of this word, see Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 59): privy to every scheme but the l., omnium consiliorum nisi novissimi particeps, Sall. Jug. 71: Caes. B. G. 5, 56. 5. suprēmus (not in Cic., and usu. with ref. to something important): l. will (and testament), s. voluntas, Tac. H. 1, 48, extr.: to pay the l. honours (funeral), suprema solvere, Tac. A. 1, 61: in one's l. moments, in supremis, Quint. 6, prooem. 11. So is sometimes used summus: e. g. summa dies, Virg. Aen. 2, 324. See also foll. artt. Phr.: the l. but one, paenultimus, Aus.: esp. paenultima (sc. syllaba), the l. syllable but one, Gell. 4, 7: to breathe one's l., animam efflare, Cic. Mil. 18, extr.; spiritum extremum trahere, Phaedr. 1, 21, 4 (but neither phr. as a mere syn. for to die: v. to expire): to be on one's l. legs, perh. in (summas) angustias adduci, Cic. Quint. 5, 19. II. Immediately preceding: proxĭmus: l. night, on the night preceding that, p., superiore nocte, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1. Also used of that which immediately follows: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. propior, B., II.) Phr.: l. evening, heri vesperi, Ter.: Cic.: v. yesterday.