worst
worst
adj.
P. and V. κά̆κιστος, P. χείριστος.
Extreme: P. and V. ἔσχᾰτος ; see extreme.
Have the worst of it: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι, ἔλασσον ἔχειν, P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι.
adj.
P. and V. κά̆κιστος, P. χείριστος.
Extreme: P. and V. ἔσχᾰτος ; see extreme.
Have the worst of it: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι, ἔλασσον ἔχειν, P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι.
worst
v. trans.
P. and V. χειροῦσθαι; see conquer.
Be worsted: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἥσσων εἶναι.
v. trans.
P. and V. χειροῦσθαι; see conquer.
Be worsted: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἥσσων εἶναι.
WORST
adj. pessimus. To bear or put up with the worst of things aequo animo ferre quod extremum est: I am the worst off pessimo loco sunt res meae: in the worst case pessime ut agatur (after Cic. Verr. 3 47 112): anybody is one’s greatest or worst enemy aliquem sibi inimicissimum or infestissimum habere: to suffer the worst ultima pati: to make the worst of anything aliquid in majus credere (to believe it worse than it is): aliquid in majus accipere (to take it unnecessarily ill): when the worst (of a disorder) is over ubi inclinata jam in melius valetudo est (Celsus): when patients are at the worst cum (aegroti) pessimi sint (Celsus).
adj. pessimus. To bear or put up with the worst of things aequo animo ferre quod extremum est: I am the worst off pessimo loco sunt res meae: in the worst case pessime ut agatur (after Cic. Verr. 3 47 112): anybody is one’s greatest or worst enemy aliquem sibi inimicissimum or infestissimum habere: to suffer the worst ultima pati: to make the worst of anything aliquid in majus credere (to believe it worse than it is): aliquid in majus accipere (to take it unnecessarily ill): when the worst (of a disorder) is over ubi inclinata jam in melius valetudo est (Celsus): when patients are at the worst cum (aegroti) pessimi sint (Celsus).
v. Vid: CONQUER.
worst (adj.):
1. pessĭmus (superlatively bad): the w. poet in the world, pessimus omnium poeta, Cat. 49, 6: the w. and most faithless spirit, mens pessima et infidelissima, Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 1.
2. deterrĭmus (fallen from good to very bad): a form of government changed from good to w., genus reipublicae ex bono in deterrimum conversum, Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48: w. and most shameless man, deterrime et impudentissime, id. Verr. 2, 16, 40.
3. extrēmus (extreme, last in a list of evils): the w. madness, extrema dementia, Sall. J. 3: to suffer famine, sword, and the very w., famem ferrumque et extrema pati, Tac. H. 4, 59.
4. ultĭmus: to suffer all the w., omnia ultima pati, Liv. 37, 54.
5. suprēmus (highest in an ascending scale of evils): the w. punishment, supremum supplicium, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22. Phr.: when he saw his w. enemy, ubi vidit inimicissimum suum, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: to make the w. of a matter, *rem in deterius (pejus) interpretari.
1. pessĭmus (superlatively bad): the w. poet in the world, pessimus omnium poeta, Cat. 49, 6: the w. and most faithless spirit, mens pessima et infidelissima, Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 1.
2. deterrĭmus (fallen from good to very bad): a form of government changed from good to w., genus reipublicae ex bono in deterrimum conversum, Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48: w. and most shameless man, deterrime et impudentissime, id. Verr. 2, 16, 40.
3. extrēmus (extreme, last in a list of evils): the w. madness, extrema dementia, Sall. J. 3: to suffer famine, sword, and the very w., famem ferrumque et extrema pati, Tac. H. 4, 59.
4. ultĭmus: to suffer all the w., omnia ultima pati, Liv. 37, 54.
5. suprēmus (highest in an ascending scale of evils): the w. punishment, supremum supplicium, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22. Phr.: when he saw his w. enemy, ubi vidit inimicissimum suum, Cic. Mil. 9, 25: to make the w. of a matter, *rem in deterius (pejus) interpretari.
worst (adv.): pessĭme: stolen bees thrive w., furtivae apes pessime proveniunt, Plin. 19, 7, 37.
worst (v.): vinco, vīci, ctum, 3: to w. in fight, pugna vincere, Cic. Manil. 18, 55: he has w.'d him in argument, argumentis vicit, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 267: v. TO CONQUER , TO DEFEAT .