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Optimates is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Optimates in a sentence

Optimates meaning

plural of optimate

Using Optimates

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of optimate
  • In the example corpus, optimates often appears in combinations such as: the optimates.

Context around Optimates

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

fled 1× feud 1× pompey 1×

Sentence patterns with Optimates

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

into the optimates feud with 1× of the optimates fled italy 1× of the optimates pompey 1× that the optimates including cato 1× the other optimates 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

caesar s rapid 1× decius despises pompey 1× many historians have 1× senate career when 1× with the war 1×

Common sentence endings:

dispose of him 1× feud with caesar 1× italy for greece 1× the optimates pompey 1× the other optimates 1×

Words around Optimates

Just before it in the word index:

optimally 92 optimality 22 optimal 841 optimage 2 optimae 2 optima 43

Just after it in the word index:

optimax 2 optimisation 55 optimisations 7 optimise 89 optimised 85 optimiser 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Optimates

  • In this selection, "optimates" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fled, feud and pompey stand out and add context to how "optimates" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include into the optimates feud with and of the optimates fled italy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "optimates" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with optimates

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Caesar's rapid advance surprised Pompey, who, along with the other chief members of the Optimates, fled Italy for Greece. (20 words)

With the war over, Antony was sent back to Rome to act as Caesar's protector against Pompey and the other Optimates. (22 words)

Senate career When civil war broke out in 49 BC between Pompey and Caesar, Brutus followed his old enemy and present leader of the Optimates, Pompey. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Many historians have suggested Pompey was, in spite of everything, politically unaware of the fact that the optimates, including Cato, were merely using him against Caesar so that, with Caesar destroyed, they could then dispose of him. (37 words)

Decius despises Pompey as a glory-seeker and credit-grabber, while acknowledging that he is a political dunce who was eventually swept up into the optimates feud with Caesar. (29 words)

Senate career When civil war broke out in 49 BC between Pompey and Caesar, Brutus followed his old enemy and present leader of the Optimates, Pompey. (26 words)

Example sentences (5)

Caesar's rapid advance surprised Pompey, who, along with the other chief members of the Optimates, fled Italy for Greece.

Decius despises Pompey as a glory-seeker and credit-grabber, while acknowledging that he is a political dunce who was eventually swept up into the optimates feud with Caesar.

Many historians have suggested Pompey was, in spite of everything, politically unaware of the fact that the optimates, including Cato, were merely using him against Caesar so that, with Caesar destroyed, they could then dispose of him.

Senate career When civil war broke out in 49 BC between Pompey and Caesar, Brutus followed his old enemy and present leader of the Optimates, Pompey.

With the war over, Antony was sent back to Rome to act as Caesar's protector against Pompey and the other Optimates.

Common combinations with optimates

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "optimates" in a sentence?
An example: "Caesar's rapid advance surprised Pompey, who, along with the other chief members of the Optimates, fled Italy for Greece." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "optimates" from authentic English texts.
What does "optimates" mean?
Optimates means: plural of optimate
How many example sentences with "optimates" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "optimates", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.