superficies
See also: superfícies
English
Etymology
From Latin superficiēs.
Noun
superficies (plural superficies)
- (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid
- The area of a two-dimensional surface.
- The visible, external surface of a body
- 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.
- (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.
French
Noun
superficies f
- plural of superficie
Interlingua
Noun
superficies
- plural of superficie
Latin
Etymology
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
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
Spanish
Noun
superficies f pl
- plural of superficie
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