(adj.Subst.) : ulter, tra, trum, adj. (
* Comp. ulterior, us; sup. ultimus) [cf.: uls, ollus, olim; and the advv. ultra, ultro], prop. that is beyond or on the other side. The posit. is not found, but the comp. and sup. are very freq.
* Comp.: ultĕrĭor, ĭus, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, ulterior: quis est ulterior?Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 10: quorum alter ulteriorem Galliam decernit cum Syriā, alter citeriorem,i. e. transalpine,Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36: Gallia,id. Att. 8, 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 7: portus,id. ib. 4, 23: Hispania,Suet. Caes. 7; 18; 56: pars urbis,Liv. 34, 20, 5: ripa,Verg. A. 6, 314; Vell. 2, 107, 1: ulterius medio spatium sol altus habebat,Ov. M. 2, 417.
* As subst.
* Sup.: ultĭmus, a, um, that is farthest beyond, i. e. the farthest, most distant, most remote, the uttermost, extreme, last; often to be rendered as a subst., the farthest or most distant part of any thing, etc. (opp. to citimus, while extremus is opp. to intimus).
* Ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).
* Of places, the more remote parts or regions, the districts beyond: Mosellae pons, qui ulteriora coloniae annectit,Tac. H. 4, 77.
* Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., something more, any thing further: cujus (fero, tuli) praeteritum perfectum et ulterius non invenitur,Quint. 1, 6, 26.
* Lit., of space: illa minima (luna) quae ultima a caeio, citima terris luce lucebat alienā,Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16: partes,id. ib. 6, 20, 20: in ultimam provinciam se conjecit,id. Att. 5, 16, 4: devehendum in ultimas maris terrarumque oras,Liv. 21, 10, 12: orae,Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 3; Hor. C. 3, 3, 45; Liv. 5, 37, 2: campi,Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: Hesperia,Hor. C. 1, 36, 4: Africa,id. ib. 2, 18, 4: Geloni,id. ib. 2, 20, 18: in plateā ultimā,Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 28; id. Mil. 3, 1, 15: in ultimis aedibus,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29: spelunca draconis,Phaedr. 4, 18, 3: cauda,i. e. the end of,Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11: mors ultima linea rerum est,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79.
* Subst.
* Transf.
* Ultĭma, ōrum, n. (sc. negotia), the farthest or most remote things: praeponens ultima primis,Hor. S. 1, 4, 59: ultima signant,the goal,Verg. A. 5, 317.
* Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the last, the end: caelum ipsum, quod extremum atque ultimum mundi est,Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.
* Of time or order of succession, the remotest, earliest, oldest, first; the last, latest, final: ultimi et proximi temporis recordatio,Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: tam multis ab ultimā antiquitate repetitis,id. Fin. 1, 20, 65: tempora,id. Leg. 1, 3. 8: initium,Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14: principium,Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5: memoria pueritiae,id. Arch. 1, 1: memoria saeculorum,Just. 12, 16, 3: vetustas hominum,id. 2, 1, 20: sanguinis auctor,Verg. A. 7, 49: ultima quid referam?Ov. H. 14, 109: scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est, last, id. M. 3, 135: aetas est de ferro,id. ib. 1, 127: vox,id. ib. 3, 499: dicta,id. ib. 9, 126: lapis,i. e. a gravestone,Prop. 1, 17, 20: cerae, i. e. a last will, testament, Mart. 4, 70, 2: aetas,Quint. 12, 4, 2: senectus,id. 11, 1, 10: virtute pares, necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis,Liv. 4, 28, 5: decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum senatus consultum,Caes. B. C. 1, 5. —As subst.: ultĭma, ōrum, n.: perferto et ultima exspectato,final events, the end,Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: ultima vitae,Calp. Ecl. 3, 91.—Rarely sing.: matrem ultimo aetatis affectam,Aus. Vict. Or. Gent. Rom. 10.—Adverb.: si fidem ad ultimum fratri praestitisset,to the last,Liv. 45, 19, 17; 3, 64, 8; 3, 64, 11; also (more freq.) at last, lastly, finally, = ad extremum, ad postremum, postremo: si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset,Liv. 1, 53, 10; 5, 10, 8; 3, 10, 3: ne se ad ultimum perditum irent,id. 26, 27, 10; so, ultimo,Suet. Ner. 32 fin.; Petr. 20, 139; and, ultimum,for the last time,Liv. 1, 29, 3; Curt. 5, 12, 8; App. M. 2, p. 126.
* Of degree or rank, and denoting the highest as well as the lowest extreme of either.
* The utmost, extreme, the highest, first, greatest, = summus, extremus: summum bonum, quod ultimum appello,Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30: ultimae perfectaeque naturae,id. N. D. 2, 12, 33: ut absit ab ultimis vitiis ipse praeceptor ac schola,Quint. 2, 2, 15: ultimae causae cur perirent, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 16, 18: scelus,Curt. 5, 12, 17: rex ad ultimum periculum venit,id. 7, 6, 22: facinus,id. 8, 8, 2; 6, 3, 13; 6, 9, 11: necessitas,id. 9, 12, 6; Liv. 2, 43, 3; 3, 4, 9; Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5: ad ultimam inopiam adducere,Liv. 6, 3, 4; 37, 31, 2: ad ultimos casus servari,id. 27, 10, 11: dedecus,Curt. 9, 5, 11: exsecrationes,Just. 24, 2, 8: ultimum supplicium, extreme (i. e. capital) punishment, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; so, poena,Liv. 3, 58, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8: desperatio,Tac. H. 2, 48; 2, 44; Curt. 10, 8, 9; Liv. 42, 66, 1; Sen. Contr. 4, 29, 2: discrimen ultimum vitae et regni,Liv. 37, 53, 16; 23, 21, 2: ad ultimam perductus tristitiam,Petr. 24.—Esp., as subst.: ultĭ-ma, ōrum, n.: omnia ultima pati,every extremity, the worst,Liv. 37, 54, 2: ultima pati,Ov. M. 14, 483; id. Tr. 3, 2, 11; Curt. 3, 1, 6: ultima audere,Liv. 3, 2, 11: priusquam ultima experirentur,id. 2, 28, 9.—Rarely sing.: paene in ultimum gladiorum erupit impunitas,Vell. 2, 125, 2: ad ultimum inopiae adducere,to the last degree.Liv. 23, 19, 2; 31, 38, 1: ad ultimum periculi pervenire,Curt. 8, 1, 15.—Trop.: ut in pecude, nisi quae vis obstitit, videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.—Adverb.: ad ultimum pro fide morituri,Curt. 3, 1, 7: consilium sceleratum, sed non ad ultimum demens,in the extreme, utterly, to the last degree,Liv. 28, 28, 8.
* The lowest, meanest (very rare): qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,Vell. 1, 11, 1: principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 35: ultima sit laudes inter ut illa tuas, Auct. Cons. ad Liv. 17: ultima pistoris illa uxor,the worst,App. M. 9, p. 224, 26.—Subst.: ut vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret (consul),Liv. 34, 18, 5: in ultimis laudum,id. 30, 30, 4: in ultimis ponere,the lowest, meanest things,Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91.