superficies

See also: superfícies

English

Etymology

From Latin superficiēs.

Noun

superficies (plural superficies)

1. (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid
2. The area of a two-dimensional surface.
3. The visible, external surface of a body
4. The 'surface' (of something immaterial, esp. of the mind or soul)
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rural Life in England:

     An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.

5. (law) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “superficies”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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French

Noun

superficies f

1. plural of superficie

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Interlingua

Noun

superficies

1. plural of superficie

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Latin

Etymology

From super + faciēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.perˈfi.ki.eːs/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈfɪkieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈfi.t͡ʃi.es/, [superˈfiːt͡ʃies]

Noun

superficiēs f (genitive superficiēī); fifth declension

1. top, surface (upper side of a thing)
2. building (as opposed to the land on which it is built)

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	superficiēs	superficiēs
Genitive	superficiēī	superficiērum
Dative	superficiēī	superficiēbus
Accusative	superficiem	superficiēs
Ablative	superficiē	superficiēbus
Vocative	superficiēs	superficiēs

References

• “superficies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superficies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superficies 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)
• superficies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “superficies”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Spanish

Noun

superficies f pl

1. plural of superficie