sursum

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See also: sursum-

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ vorsum.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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sūrsum (not comparable)

  1. upwards
    Antonym: deorsum
    • early 6th c., Boethius, Contra Eutychen et Nestorium 1:
      corpus omne habet proprium motum, ut ignis sursum, terra deorsum.
      Any given body has a movement of its own, such as fire upwards, earth downwards.
  2. (rare) above, high up
    Antonym: deorsum
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.56.151:
      nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt
      The nose is rightly placed high up since every smell carries itself upwards

Descendants

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Reflexes of the variant sūsum:

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: sus
    • Romanian: sus
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: suso
    • Old Spanish: suso
  • Insular Romance:

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sursum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.