most (adv.) Copy link Outline I. With adj. and adverbsII. With verbs1. maxĭmē (in the highest degree)2. plūrĭmum (strictly denoting extent rather than degree • most (adv.): I. With adj. and adverbs: expr. by superl., or in the case of adj. in -ius, by maxime with positive: cf. Cic. Ph. 13, 19, 43, where the form piissimus (used by M. Antony) is condemned by Cic.: it is however frequent in later authors, e. g. Tac. Agr. 43: Curt. II. With verbs: 1. maxĭmē (in the highest degree): this legion Caesar trusted m., huic legioni Caesar m. confidebat, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: strengthened by unus, unus omnium, multo, vel, etc.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. (2). 2. plūrĭmum (strictly denoting extent rather than degree: but sometimes hardly to be distinguished from maxime): to be m. powerful or influential, p. posse, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; p. valere, Cic. Rep. 2, 22. (N.B.--By no means potissimum; which = in preference to all others: Gk. μάλιστα.)