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superus
superus
Latin
Etymology
From super (“above”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pe.rus/, [ˈsʊ.pɛ.rʊs]
Adjective
superus m (feminine supera, neuter superum); first/second declension
- being above
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | superus | supera | superum | superī | superae | supera | |
| genitive | superī | superae | superī | superōrum | superārum | superōrum | |
| dative | superō | superō | superīs | ||||
| accusative | superum | superam | superum | superōs | superās | supera | |
| ablative | superō | superā | superō | superīs | |||
| vocative | supere | supera | superum | superī | superae | supera | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- superus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “superus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the gods of the upper, lower world: superi; inferi
- the gods of the upper, lower world: superi; inferi