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supinus
supinus
Latin
Adjective
supīnus m (feminine supīna, neuter supīnum); first/second declension
- lying down with face upwards; supine
- backwards, retrograde
- careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent
- (grammar) supine
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | supīnus | supīna | supīnum | supīnī | supīnae | supīna | |
| genitive | supīnī | supīnae | supīnī | supīnōrum | supīnārum | supīnōrum | |
| dative | supīnō | supīnō | supīnīs | ||||
| accusative | supīnum | supīnam | supīnum | supīnōs | supīnās | supīna | |
| ablative | supīnō | supīnā | supīnō | supīnīs | |||
| vocative | supīne | supīna | supīnum | supīnī | supīnae | supīna | |
Antonyms
Descendants
- English: supine
- German: Supinum
- Greek: σουπῖνον (soupῖnon)
- Italian: supino
- Portuguese: supino
- Spanish: supino
References
- supinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supinus”, 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 raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
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(ambiguous) to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere