summas

See also: Summas

English

Noun

summas

1. plural of summa

Anagrams

• samsum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊm.maːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsum.mas]

Etymology 1

From summus +‎ -ās.

Adjective

summās (genitive summātis); third-declension one-termination adjective (pre-classical and post-classical)

1. of high or noble birth, highborn, noble, eminent; distinguished, venerable, honorable

   Synonyms: honestus, optimās, primās, prīmōris

   • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 1.1.21–25:

     Decet pol, mea Selenium,
     hunc esse ordinem benevolentis inter se
     beneque amicitia utier,
     ubi istas videas summo genere natas, summatis matronas,
     ut amicitiam colunt atque ut eam iunctam bene habent inter se.

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   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.1:

     nanctusque opacae noctis silentiosa secreta, certus etiam summatem deam praecipua maiestate pollere resque prorsus humanas ipsius regi providentia

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   • c. 430 CE – c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters 3:

     Ita cuncti nostrates idemque summates viri optimarum te exactissimarumque partium praestantissimum patremfamilias consono praeconio prosequuntur.

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Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular		plural
	masc./fem.		masc./fem.
nominative	summās		summātēs
genitive	summātis		summātium
dative	summātī		summātibus
accusative	summātem		summātīs summātēs
ablative	summātī summāte		summātibus
vocative	summās		summātēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

summās

1. accusative plural of summa

References

• “summas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “summas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Noun

summas

1. indefinite genitive singular of summa