extreme (subs.) Copy link • extreme (subs.): expr. by summus, extrēmus, ultĭmus: the e. of contumely, extrema contumelia, Brut. in Cic.: what was the e. of freedom, quid ultimum in libertate esset, Tac.: to have recourse to e.s, descendere ad extrema, Cic.: v. preced. art. Phr.: (the rule) to avoid e.s, ut ne quid nimis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 34: they run to the other e., in contraria currunt, Hor. S. 1, 2, 24.