summum
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See also: súmmum
Faroese[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
summum
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
summum m (plural summums)
Further reading[edit]
- “summum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun use of neuter of summus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsum.mum/, [ˈs̠ʊmːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsum.mum/, [ˈsumːum]
Noun[edit]
summum n (genitive summī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | summum | summa |
Genitive | summī | summōrum |
Dative | summō | summīs |
Accusative | summum | summa |
Ablative | summō | summīs |
Vocative | summum | summa |
Descendants[edit]
Adjective[edit]
summum
- inflection of summus:
References[edit]
- “summum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- summum 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)
- summum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
- (ambiguous) the surface of the water: summa aqua
- (ambiguous) in the height of summer, depth of winter: summa aestate, hieme
- (ambiguous) the position is very critical: res in summo discrimine versatur
- (ambiguous) to be entirely destitute; to be a beggar: in summa egestate or mendicitate esse
- (ambiguous) to be bound by the closest ties of friendship: artissimo amicitiae vinculo or summa familiaritate cum aliquo coniunctum esse
- (ambiguous) to be in a dignified position: dignitas est summa in aliquo
- (ambiguous) to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
- (ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
- (ambiguous) to have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence: summa gloria florere
- (ambiguous) to bring to the highest perfection: ad summum perducere
- (ambiguous) to attain perfection: ad perfectionem, (ad summum) pervenire
- (ambiguous) ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
- (ambiguous) to be an ardent student of..: summo studio in litteris versari
- (ambiguous) to possess rich mental endowments: summo ingenio praeditum esse
- (ambiguous) unanimously: uno, communi, summo or omnium consensu (Tusc. 1. 15. 35)
- (ambiguous) the learned men are most unanimous in..: summa est virorum doctissimorum consensio (opp. dissensio)
- (ambiguous) a master-piece of classical work: opus summo artificio[TR1] factum
- (ambiguous) to depict a thing in lively colours: summo colore aliquid illustrare
- (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
- (ambiguous) to honour the gods with all due ceremonial (very devoutly): deum rite (summa religione) colere
- (ambiguous) to stand in very intimate relations to some one: summa necessitudine aliquem contingere
- (ambiguous) to be in severe pecuniary straits: in summa difficultate nummaria versari (Verr. 2. 28. 69)
- (ambiguous) the welfare of the state: summa res publica (or summa rei publicae)
- (ambiguous) of high rank: summo loco natus
- (ambiguous) high and low: summi (et) infimi (Rep. 1. 34. 53)
- (ambiguous) to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour: summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)
- (ambiguous) the command-in-chief: summa belli, imperii (B. G. 2. 4. 7)
- (ambiguous) the position is critical: res est in periculo, in summo discrimine
- (ambiguous) deep peace: summa pax
- (ambiguous) legitimately; with the fullest right: optimo iure (cf. summo iure, sect. XV. 1).
- (ambiguous) a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin summum.
Noun[edit]
summum n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of summum (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) summum | summumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) summum | summumului |
vocative | summumule |
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
summum m (plural summums)
Further reading[edit]
- “summum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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