extreme (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. farthest, outermost1. extrēmus, extĭmus2. ultĭmus (esp. poet.)II. Fig.1. summus2. ultĭmus (stronger than preced., as if at the very end of the scale)3. extrēmus4. ingens, ntis (in looser sense, unusually great) • extreme (adj.): I. Lit. farthest, outermost: 1. extrēmus, extĭmus: the e. town of the Allobroges, extremum oppidum Allobrogum, Caes.: Cic. 2. ultĭmus (esp. poet.): Hor.: v. last. Phr.: the e. end of the line, novissimum agmen, Caes. II. Fig.: exceeding ordinary limits: 1. summus: e. old-age, s. senectus, Cic.: e. justice (is) e. injustice (prov.), s. jus s. injuria, Cic.: e. danger, s. periculum, Cic. 2. ultĭmus (stronger than preced., as if at the very end of the scale): e. danger, u. discrimen, Liv.: these seem to me to be the very e. of evils, haec mihi videntur ultima esse in malis, Brut. in Cic.: e. (capital) punishment, u. supplicium, Caes.: Liv. 3. extrēmus: e. hunger, ex. fames, Caes. (appy. not so in Cic.): that e. measure, illud ex. atque ultimum S. C., Caes. B. C. 1, 5. 4. ingens, ntis (in looser sense, unusually great): v. immense.