supremus
Latin
Etymology
From earlier *suprezmo- < *superezemo- < *superisemo-, from superus + -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and postrēmus. Confer with summus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈpreː.mus/, [sʊˈpreː.mʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | suprēmus | suprēma | suprēmum | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēma | |
Genitive | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēmī | suprēmōrum | suprēmārum | suprēmōrum | |
Dative | suprēmō | suprēmae | suprēmō | suprēmīs | suprēmīs | suprēmīs | |
Accusative | suprēmum | suprēmam | suprēmum | suprēmōs | suprēmās | suprēma | |
Ablative | suprēmō | suprēmā | suprēmō | suprēmīs | suprēmīs | suprēmīs | |
Vocative | suprēme | suprēma | suprēmum | suprēmī | suprēmae | suprēma |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- suprēmitās
Descendants
References
- supremus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supremus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- supremus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
- (ambiguous) on one's last day: supremo vitae die
- (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
- (ambiguous) to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
- (ambiguous) the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
- (ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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