Maximus

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.

    "Maximus Byzantinus. Contemporary with Maximus of Ephesus: Socrates H. E. III. 1 Μάξιμος ὁ φιλόσοφος, οὐχ ὁ Βυζάντιος ὁ Εὐκλείδου πατὴρ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ᾿Εφέσιος. Speaking of cir. A. D. 350. These two Maximi are confounded by Suidas p. 2396 BC."

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"The largest muscle in the human body is the gluteus maximus."

Etymology

From Latin Maximus.

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