superbia

See also: supèrbia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin superbia.

Noun

superbia f (plural superbie)

1. pride
2. haughtiness
3. pomposity

Related terms

• superbo

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Latin

Etymology

From superbus (“haughty, proud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈper.bi.a/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrbiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈper.bi.a/, [suˈpɛrbiä]

• Audio (classical):

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Noun

superbia f (genitive superbiae); first declension

1. pride, haughtiness, arrogance, snobbishness
2. conceit, vanity
3. rudeness, discourtesy

Usage notes

While superbia generally refers to pride in a negative sense, it can also mean it in the good sense.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	superbia	superbiae
Genitive	superbiae	superbiārum
Dative	superbiae	superbiīs
Accusative	superbiam	superbiās
Ablative	superbiā	superbiīs
Vocative	superbia	superbiae

Related terms

• superbus

Descendants

• French: superbe
• Italian: superbia
• Portuguese: soberba
• Spanish: soberbia

References

• “superbia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superbia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superbia 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)
• superbia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be puffed up with pride: insolentia, superbia inflatum esse