superstes

Latin

Etymology

From superstō (“to survive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suˈper.stes/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrs̠t̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈper.stes/, [suˈpɛrst̪es]

Verb

superstēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of superstō  ("you would survive")

Noun

superstes m or f (genitive superstitis); third declension

1. survivor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	superstes	superstitēs
Genitive	superstitis	superstitum
Dative	superstitī	superstitibus
Accusative	superstitem	superstitēs
Ablative	superstite	superstitibus
Vocative	superstes	superstitēs

Descendants

• Italian: superstite
• Portuguese: supérstite
• Romanian: superstiție
• Spanish: supérstite

References

• “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superstes 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)
• superstes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse