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Webster 1913 Edition
Superficies
1.
The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
2.
(Civil Law)
(a)
Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
(b)
A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.
Bouvier. Wharton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Superficies
SUPERFI'CIES
,Noun.
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See also: superfícies
English
Noun
superficies (plural superficies)
- (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid
- The area of a two-dimensional surface.
- The visible, external surface of a body
- The 'surface' (of something immaterial, esp. of the mind or soul)
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rural Life in England:
- An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.
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- (law) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈfi.ki.eːs/, [sʊ.pɛrˈfɪ.ki.eːs]
Noun
superficiēs f (genitive superficieī); fifth declension
Inflection
Fifth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | superficiēs | superficiēs |
| genitive | superficiēī | superficiērum |
| dative | superficiēī | superficiēbus |
| accusative | superficiem | superficiēs |
| ablative | superficiē | superficiēbus |
| vocative | superficiēs | superficiēs |
References
- superficies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superficies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SUPERFICIES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “superficies”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- superficies in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin