"superus" meaning in Latin

See superus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsu.pe.rus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠ʊpɛrʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsu.pe.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsuːperus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *superos, cognate to Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.) and Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.). Equivalent to super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*superos}} Proto-Italic *superos, {{cog|osc|𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔|pos=dat. pl. m.}} Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.), {{cog|xum|𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖|pos=abl. sg. m.}} Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.), {{af|la|super|-us|pos1=preposition|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=above, over}} super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{la-adj|superus|comp=superior|sup=suprēmus|sup2=superrimus|sup3=summus}} superus (feminine supera, neuter superum, comparative superior, superlative suprēmus or superrimus or summus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|superus}} Forms: supera [feminine], superum [neuter], superior [comparative], suprēmus [superlative], superrimus [superlative], summus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], superus [masculine, nominative, singular], supera [feminine, nominative, singular], superum [neuter, nominative, singular], superī [masculine, nominative, plural], superae [feminine, nominative, plural], supera [neuter, nominative, plural], superī [genitive, masculine, singular], superae [feminine, genitive, singular], superī [genitive, neuter, singular], superōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], superārum [feminine, genitive, plural], superōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], superō [dative, masculine, singular], superae [dative, feminine, singular], superō [dative, neuter, singular], superīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], superum [accusative, masculine, singular], superam [accusative, feminine, singular], superum [accusative, neuter, singular], superōs [accusative, masculine, plural], superās [accusative, feminine, plural], supera [accusative, neuter, plural], superō [ablative, masculine, singular], superā [ablative, feminine, singular], superō [ablative, neuter, singular], superīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], supere [masculine, singular, vocative], supera [feminine, singular, vocative], superum [neuter, singular, vocative], superī [masculine, plural, vocative], superae [feminine, plural, vocative], supera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. above, upper, higher Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Derived forms: superō [verb]

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "supero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: supero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: supero"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*superos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔",
        "pos": "dat. pl. m."
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "2": "𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖",
        "pos": "abl. sg. m."
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "super",
        "3": "-us",
        "pos1": "preposition",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "above, over"
      },
      "expansion": "super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *superos, cognate to Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.)\nand Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.).\nEquivalent to super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suprēmus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "summus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superus",
        "comp": "superior",
        "sup": "suprēmus",
        "sup2": "superrimus",
        "sup3": "summus"
      },
      "expansion": "superus (feminine supera, neuter superum, comparative superior, superlative suprēmus or superrimus or summus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -us",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "superō"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.3–4",
          "text": "multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō\nvī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram\nthat [man] having been tossed about much – both on land and on sea – by the power of [those] above, because of the fierce, unforgetting anger of Juno\n(The travails of Aeneas are due to “higher powers,” i.e. the gods above. This poetic example shows the use of superum instead of superōrum for the genitive plural “of [those] above.” See: Aeneid; Juno (mythology).)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "above, upper, higher"
      ],
      "id": "en-superus-la-adj-bK7oMZaW",
      "links": [
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ],
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsu.pe.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ʊpɛrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsu.pe.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsuːperus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "superō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "supero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: supero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: supero"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*superos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *superos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔",
        "pos": "dat. pl. m."
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "2": "𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖",
        "pos": "abl. sg. m."
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "super",
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        "t1": "above, over"
      },
      "expansion": "super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *superos, cognate to Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.)\nand Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.).\nEquivalent to super (“above, over”, preposition) + -us (adjectival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suprēmus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "summus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "supera",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superus",
        "comp": "superior",
        "sup": "suprēmus",
        "sup2": "superrimus",
        "sup3": "summus"
      },
      "expansion": "superus (feminine supera, neuter superum, comparative superior, superlative suprēmus or superrimus or summus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -us",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.3–4",
          "text": "multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō\nvī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram\nthat [man] having been tossed about much – both on land and on sea – by the power of [those] above, because of the fierce, unforgetting anger of Juno\n(The travails of Aeneas are due to “higher powers,” i.e. the gods above. This poetic example shows the use of superum instead of superōrum for the genitive plural “of [those] above.” See: Aeneid; Juno (mythology).)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "above, upper, higher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "above",
          "above"
        ],
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsu.pe.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ʊpɛrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsu.pe.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsuːperus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "superus"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: superus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "superus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "superus",
  "trace": ""
}

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