superlativus
See also: superlatívus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), from super- (“super-, over-”) + lātus (“borne, carried”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.per.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠ʊpɛrɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.laˈti.vus/, [superläˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
[edit]superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) superlative (of an adjective)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | superlātīvus | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva | |
| genitive | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīvī | superlātīvōrum | superlātīvārum | superlātīvōrum | |
| dative | superlātīvō | superlātīvae | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | |||
| accusative | superlātīvum | superlātīvam | superlātīvum | superlātīvōs | superlātīvās | superlātīva | |
| ablative | superlātīvō | superlātīvā | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | |||
| vocative | superlātīve | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva | |
Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Bokmål: superlativ
References
[edit]- “superlativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "superlativus", 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)
- superlativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.