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Superbus
Superbus
See also: superbus
Latin
Proper noun
Superbus m (genitive: Superbi)
- the cognomen of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome
superbus
superbus
See also: Superbus
Latin
Etymology
From super. Compare with Ancient Greek ὑπέρβιος (hupérbios).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.bus/
Adjective
superbus m (feminine superba, neuter superbum); first/second declension
- (in a bad sense) proud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous
- (in a good sense) proud, superior, superb, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | superbus | superba | superbum | superbī | superbae | superba | |
| genitive | superbī | superbae | superbī | superbōrum | superbārum | superbōrum | |
| dative | superbō | superbō | superbīs | ||||
| accusative | superbum | superbam | superbum | superbōs | superbās | superba | |
| ablative | superbō | superbā | superbō | superbīs | |||
| vocative | superbe | superba | superbum | superbī | superbae | superba | |
- comparative: superbior, superlative: superbissimus
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References
- superbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SUPERBUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “superbus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- superbus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers