especially Copy link Outline 1. praecĭpuē (with single words)2. praesertim (with quasi-parenthetical clauses)3. imprīmis4. maxĭmē (most of all5. ădeo (enclit.6. prae ceteris, prae aliis • especially: 1. praecĭpuē (with single words): v. principally, particularly. 2. praesertim (with quasi-parenthetical clauses): it is not so much the reputation for wisdom, e. when it is without foundation, non tam ista sapientiae fama, pr. falsa, Cic. Am. 4, 15: e. in the present state of morality, pr. ut nunc sunt mores, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 5: cf. Caes. B. G. 2, 30: "praesertim homines tantulae staturae." 3. imprīmis: usu. with an adj. (v. particularly): also with a clause: many circumstances urged him ..., e. that ..., multae res eum hortabantur; imp. quod ..., Caes. B. G. 1, 33. (Imprimis may be foll. by tum, deinde, autem: praesertim denotes positive precedence.) 4. maxĭmē (most of all: hence often used with et, que, tum): write me a line, and e., if Pompey is leaving Italy, what ..., scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit, quid ..., Cic. Att. 7, 12, med.: esp. in phr. quum (tum) ... tum maxime, = not only ... but more e.: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96: "tum exercitationibus ... tum scribendo maxime." 5. ădeo (enclit.: see L. G. § 614, 3): Virg. 6. prae ceteris, prae aliis: he was e. distinguished as an aged man, in senectute prae ceteris floruisset, Cic. Am. 1, 4.