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supremus
supremus
Latin
Adjective
suprēmus (superlative of superus)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | suprēmus | suprēma | suprēmum | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēma | |
| genitive | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēmī | suprēmōrum | suprēmārum | suprēmōrum | |
| dative | suprēmō | suprēmō | suprēmīs | ||||
| accusative | suprēmum | suprēmam | suprēmum | suprēmōs | suprēmās | suprēma | |
| ablative | suprēmō | suprēmā | suprēmō | suprēmīs | |||
| vocative | suprēme | suprēma | suprēmum | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēma | |
Derived terms
- suprēmitās
Antonyms
Descendants
- English: supreme
- French: suprême
- Italian: supremo
- Portuguese: supremo
- Romanian: suprem
- Spanish: supremo
References
- supremus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SUPREMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supremus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
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(ambiguous) on one's last day: supremo vitae die
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(ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
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(ambiguous) to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
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(ambiguous) the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
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(ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press