Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cf. ulterior.— In space, farthest, most distant, most remote, uttermost, extreme, last : (luna) quae ultima a caelo lucebat: in ultimam provinciam se coniecit, the most remote part of the province : maris terrarumque orae, L.: Africa, farthest Africa , H.: quā terrarum ultimas finit Oceanus, L.—Plur m . as subst, the most remote people, those farthest on : recessum primis ultimi non dabant.—As subst n., what is farthest, the most remote, the last, the end : praeponens ultima primis, H.: ultima signant, the goal , V.: extremum atque ultimum mundi.—Of time or order, remotest, earliest, oldest, first, last, latest, final : ultimi temporis recordatio: memoria pueritiae: sanguinis auctor, V.: dies, last , O.: de duro est ultima ferro, O.: necessitate, quae ultimum ac maximum telum est, superiores estis, L.: senatūs consultum, Cs.—Plur n . as subst: perferto et ultima exspectato, the end .—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the end, at last, lastly, finally : si qualis in cives, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset, L.— Rarely with illud : domos suas ultimum illud visuri, now for the last time , L.—Of degrees or rank, utmost, extreme, highest, first, greatest : summum bonum, quod ultimum appello: ultimae causae cur perirent, etc., H.: periculum, Cu.: inopia, L.: supplicium, i. e. capital punishment , Cs.: discrimen vitae, L.—As subst n. : omnia ultima pati, any extremity , L.—In the phrase, ad ultimum, to the extreme, in the highest degree : fidem ad ultimum fratri praestare, L.: consilium ad ultimum demens, utterly , L.: ad ultimum inopiae adducere, to the last degree , L.: ad ultimum periculi pervenire, Cu.— Lowest, meanest : non ultima laus, H.: vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certare, L.