sursum

See also: sursum-

Latin

Alternative forms

subversum, subversus
sursus
sūsum, sūsus (contracted form)

Etymology

Contraction of subversum, from sub (“below”) + versum (“in the direction of; -wards”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsur.sum/, [ˈsʊr.sũ]

Adverb

sursum

Antonyms

(upwards): deorsum

Derived terms

sursum versum / sursum vorsum
sursuorsum

Descendants

Aromanian: sus, nsus
Catalan: ensús, sus
Dalmatian: sois
Old French: sus
- Middle French: sus
  - French: sus
- Norman: sus (Guernsey)

Friulian: sù
Istro-Romanian: sus
Italian: su, suso
Megleno-Romanian: sus
Occitan: sus
Portuguese: suso

Romanian: sus
Sardinian: susu
Sicilian: nsusu
Spanish: suso
Venetian: su, so, suxo

References

sursum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sursum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sursum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
sursum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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