"superlativus" meaning in Latin

See superlativus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [sʊ.pɛr.ɫaːˈtiː.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [su.per.laˈtiː.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), from super- (“super-, over-”) + lātus (“borne, carried”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|super-|lātus|t1=super-, over-|t2=borne, carried}} super- (“super-, over-”) + lātus (“borne, carried”) Head templates: {{la-adj|superlātīvus}} superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|superlātīvus}} Forms: superlātīvus [canonical], superlātīva [feminine], superlātīvum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], superlātīvus [masculine, nominative, singular], superlātīva [feminine, nominative, singular], superlātīvum [neuter, nominative, singular], superlātīvī [masculine, nominative, plural], superlātīvae [feminine, nominative, plural], superlātīva [neuter, nominative, plural], superlātīvī [genitive, masculine, singular], superlātīvae [feminine, genitive, singular], superlātīvī [genitive, neuter, singular], superlātīvōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], superlātīvārum [feminine, genitive, plural], superlātīvōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], superlātīvō [dative, masculine, singular], superlātīvae [dative, feminine, singular], superlātīvō [dative, neuter, singular], superlātīvīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], superlātīvum [accusative, masculine, singular], superlātīvam [accusative, feminine, singular], superlātīvum [accusative, neuter, singular], superlātīvōs [accusative, masculine, plural], superlātīvās [accusative, feminine, plural], superlātīva [accusative, neuter, plural], superlātīvō [ablative, masculine, singular], superlātīvā [ablative, feminine, singular], superlātīvō [ablative, neuter, singular], superlātīvīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], superlātīve [masculine, singular, vocative], superlātīva [feminine, singular, vocative], superlātīvum [neuter, singular, vocative], superlātīvī [masculine, plural, vocative], superlātīvae [feminine, plural, vocative], superlātīva [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (grammar) superlative (of an adjective) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "superlativ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "t2": "borne, carried"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "superlātīvus",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvus",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvus",
          "superlativus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōrum",
          "superlativorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvārum",
          "superlativarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōrum",
          "superlativorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvīs",
          "superlativis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvam",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvam",
          "superlativam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōs",
          "superlativos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvās",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvās",
          "superlativas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvā",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvā",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvīs",
          "superlativis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīve",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīve",
          "superlative#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superlātīvus"
      },
      "expansion": "superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superlātīvus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms prefixed with super-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative (of an adjective)"
      ],
      "id": "en-superlativus-la-adj-hNWKhc2K",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
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        ],
        [
          "superlative",
          "superlative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) superlative (of an adjective)"
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʊ.pɛr.ɫaːˈtiː.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[su.per.laˈtiː.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superlativus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "superlativ"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "super-",
        "3": "lātus",
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        "t2": "borne, carried"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), from super- (“super-, over-”) + lātus (“borne, carried”).",
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      "form": "superlātīvus",
      "tags": [
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    },
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          "superlativa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "links": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "superlātīvus",
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          "superlātīvus",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
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        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
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      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
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        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
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          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōrum",
          "superlativorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvārum",
          "superlativarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōrum",
          "superlativorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvīs",
          "superlativis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvam",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvam",
          "superlativam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvōs",
          "superlativos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvās",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvās",
          "superlativas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvā",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvā",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvō",
          "superlativo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvīs",
          "superlativis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīve",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīve",
          "superlative#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvum",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvum",
          "superlativum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvī",
          "superlativi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīvae",
          "superlativae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superlātīva",
      "links": [
        [
          "superlātīva",
          "superlativa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superlātīvus"
      },
      "expansion": "superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superlātīvus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms prefixed with super-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative (of an adjective)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "superlative",
          "superlative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) superlative (of an adjective)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʊ.pɛr.ɫaːˈtiː.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[su.per.laˈtiː.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superlativus"
}

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