"superficies" meaning in Latin

See superficies in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sʊ.pɛrˈfɪ.ki.eːs] [Classical-Latin], [su.perˈfiː.t͡ʃi.es] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”), with the change in vowel likely influenced by -fex. Etymology templates: {{af|la|super-|faciēs|t1=above, over|t2=form, configuration, shape}} super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”) Head templates: {{la-noun|superficiēs<5>}} superficiēs f (genitive superficiēī); fifth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|superficiēs<5>}} Forms: superficiēs [canonical, feminine], superficiēī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], superficiēs [nominative, singular], superficiēs [nominative, plural], superficiēī [genitive, singular], superficiērum [genitive, plural], superficiēī [dative, singular], superficiēbus [dative, plural], superficiem [accusative, singular], superficiēs [accusative, plural], superficiē [ablative, singular], superficiēbus [ablative, plural], superficiēs [singular, vocative], superficiēs [plural, vocative]
  1. the top, surface (upper side of a thing) Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-superficies-la-noun-lUaGB2XL Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 5 2 38 31 15 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 1 38 42 9 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 65 18 17 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension: 20 44 36
  2. (law) a building (as opposed to the land on which it is built) Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-superficies-la-noun-Tf61uIB8 Categories (other): Law, Pages with 6 entries, Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension, Latin terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 5 2 38 31 15 5 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension: 20 44 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with super-: 11 62 27 Topics: law
  3. (geometry) a superficies Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-superficies-la-noun-i7COD7xL Categories (other): Geometry, Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension: 20 44 36 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superficiālis, superficiārius, superficium
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