maximus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of maximus
from Latin: superlative of magnus great
Example Sentences
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Genice Horta, 51, said that neither the shelter nor the rescue group she worked for told her the dog, a Belgian Malinois named Maximus, had bitten a teenager and a shelter employee, sending both to the hospital.
From Los Angeles Times
Horta’s case “revealed a series of serious and preventable mistakes made with respect to warning about Maximus’ bite history and adopting out and failing to control a dangerous dog,” one of her attorneys, Ivan Puchalt, said in a statement.
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On Sept. 23, 2020, after a shelter employee told Horta that Maximus had “kennel anxiety,” she offered the dog a treat containing trazodone, a common anxiety medication for dogs, according to an amended complaint by Horta’s attorneys.
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Horta alleged that the shelter employee who brought Maximus to her car negligently failed to control him and never told her the dog could be dangerous.
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The employee, Jose Humildad, testified that he told Horta not to approach Maximus with the treat.
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