extremity Copy link Outline I. The extreme part of any thing1. expr. by extrēmus2. extrēmĭtas3. căcūmen (extreme point)II. Fig. • extremity: I. The extreme part of any thing: 1. expr. by extrēmus: the e.s of the fingers, extremi digiti, Cic.: v. end (III.). 2. extrēmĭtas: cold of the e.s, frigus extremitatum, Plin.: cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102. 3. căcūmen (extreme point): v. point. II. Fig.: an extreme case: Phr.: to undergo every e. of suffering, extrema pati, Tac. H. 4, 59, extr.: we are reduced to e.s, ad extrema perventum est, Curt. 4., 14, ad fin.: to be reduced to e.s, in summas angustias adductum esse, Cic. Quint. 5, 19: see also extreme (subs.).
EXTREMITY Copy link • EXTREMITY(= extreme danger, etc.), extrema, plur.; extrema fortuna; extremum discrimen, etc. To be reduced to extremity, extrema or extremam fortunam pati; in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen adductum esse (of things). The extremities of the body, partes membrorum extremae: the extremities are cold, frigidus extremas partes morbus urget (Cels.): of boughs, cacuminum digiti, qui longissime a toto corpore exeunt (Plin., but comparing it to a body).