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|lshtext=<b>ulter</b>: tra, trum, adj. (<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ul-tĕrĭōres, um, m. (sc. homines), the [[more]] [[remote]], or [[more]] [[distant]] persons, those [[beyond]]: cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant, Caes. B. G. 6, 2: recurritur ex proximis locis; ulteriores non inventi, Liv. 3, 60, 7: proximi ripae [[neglegenter]], ulteriores exquisitius, Tac. G. 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ultĕrĭōra, um, n. (sc. loca or negotia).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of places, the [[more]] [[remote]] parts or regions, the districts [[beyond]]: Mosellae [[pons]], qui ulteriora coloniae annectit, Tac. H. 4, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., of things, [[that]] [[which]] is [[beyond]], things [[beyond]], [[farther]], or in [[addition]]; things [[future]]: ulteriora mirari, [[praesentia]] sequi, Tac. H. 4, 8: ut dum proxima dicimus, struere ulteriora possimus, things [[beyond]], [[what]] is to [[come]], Quint. 10, 7, 8; cf.: [[pudor]] est ulteriora loqui, Ov. F. 5, 532; id. A. A. 3, 769: [[semper]] et inventis ulteriora petit, id. Am. 2, 9, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rarely sing.: ultĕrĭus, ōris, n., [[something]] [[more]], [[any]] [[thing]] [[further]]: cujus ([[fero]], [[tuli]]) praeteritum perfectum et [[ulterius]] non invenitur, Quint. 1, 6, 26.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ultĭmi, ōrum, m. (sc. homines), the farthest or [[most]] [[remote]] [[people]]: recessum primis ultimi non dabant, Caes. B. G. 5, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rarely sing.: ultĭmum, i, n., the [[last]], the [[end]]: [[caelum]] ipsum, [[quod]] extremum [[atque]] [[ultimum]] mundi est, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[degree]] or [[rank]], and denoting the [[highest]] as [[well]] as the lowest [[extreme]] of [[either]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.
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