supercilium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supercilium.

Noun

supercilium (plural supercilia)

1. eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye)
2. the region of the eyebrows

Translations

arch of hair — see eyebrow

region of the eyebrows

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Latin

Etymology

From super + cilium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.perˈki.li.um/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈkɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈt͡ʃi.li.um/, [superˈt͡ʃiːlium]

Noun

supercilium n (genitive superciliī or supercilī); second declension

1. (anatomy) eyebrow
2. frown
3. arrogance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	supercilium	supercilia
Genitive	superciliī supercilī1	superciliōrum
Dative	superciliō	superciliīs
Accusative	supercilium	supercilia
Ablative	superciliō	superciliīs
Vocative	supercilium	supercilia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Aromanian: sprindzeanã
• Catalan: sobrecella
• Corsican: sopracigliu
• French: sourcil
• Friulian: sorecee
• Galician: sobrecella
• Italian: sopracciglio
• Norman: soucile

• Occitan: subrecilha
• Portuguese: sobrancelha, supercílio
• Romanian: sprânceană
• Romansch: survantscheglia
• Sicilian: supraccigghiu
• Spanish: sobreceja, sobrecejo

References

• “supercilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supercilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supercilium 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)
• supercilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.