supra
See also: supra-
English
Etymology 1
Adverb
supra (not comparable)
- (law) Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one.
Antonyms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
supra (plural supras)
- A traditional Georgian feast.
- 2006, Mathijs Pelkmans, Defending the Border, part II, chapter v, 125:
- When I met Bejan and Enver at the supra, they enthusiastically told me that I was about to experience true Georgian hospitality.
- 2011, Paul Manning and Zaza Shatirishvili, “The Exoticism and Eroticism of the City” in Urban Spaces after Socialism, eds. Tsypylma Darieva et al., 279:
- We might add here the tendency of kinto poetry to be associated with articulating and eliciting love and desire (whether heterosexual, homoerotic or homosexual), as well as the noted homoeroticism of the supra ritual itself with which the kinto is associated.
- 2013, Adrian Brisku, Bittersweet Europe, chapter i, 14:
- The supra became the symbol of hospitality manifested by a particular way of eating, drinking and feasting in which guests are treated with outmost[sic] attention.
- 2006, Mathijs Pelkmans, Defending the Border, part II, chapter v, 125:
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
supra (accusative singular supran, plural supraj, accusative plural suprajn)
French
Adverb
supra
Further reading
- “supra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese soprar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sopra.
Verb
supra
- to blow
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin suprād, superā. Compare Oscan supra, Umbrian subra.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsu.praː/, [ˈs̠ʊpräː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pra/, [ˈsuːprä]
Adverb
suprā (not comparable)
- (of place) above, on the top, on the upper side
- (of time) before, previously, formerly
- Quae supra scripta est.
- Which was previously written.
- Quae supra scripta est.
- (of number or measure) more, beyond, over
Usage notes
- When pertaining to time it especially refers to any thing previously said or written.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- supra quam, (rarer) supra quod (above or beyond what, more than)
Related terms
Preposition
suprā (+ accusative)
- (of location) over, above, beyond, on top of
- Supra naturam.
- Above nature.
- Supra naturam.
- (of time) before
- Supra septingentesimum annum.
- Paulo supra hanc memoriam.
- (of number, degree, or quantity) over, above, beyond, more than
- (of employment or office) over, in authority over, in charge of
- Quos supra somnum habebat.
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Antonyms
Derived terms
- suprā caput sum (I am close at hand)
Descendants
References
- “supra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supra 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)
- supra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
- as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
Portuguese
Verb
supra
- first-person singular present subjunctive of suprir
- third-person singular present subjunctive of suprir
- first-person singular imperative of suprir
- third-person singular imperative of suprir
Sardinian
Alternative forms
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supra
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