optime

In 1854 he took his degree as fourth junior optime, and fourth in the first class of the classical tripos.

Ut navem, ut aedificium idem destruit facillime qui construxit, sic hominem eadem optime quae conglutinavit natura dissolvit.

Ergo humanum genus bene se habet et optime, quando secundum quod potest Deo adsimilatur.

The young fellow sitting near me winked; and the divinity-student said, in an undertone,—Optime dictum.

He achieved the rare distinction of obtaining an optime for both Greek and for physics.