superstes
Latin
Etymology
From superstō (“I survive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /suˈper.stes/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrs̠t̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.stes/, [suˈpɛrst̪es]
Noun
superstes m or f (genitive superstitis); third declension
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
- Romanian: superstiție
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
- to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
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- Latin nouns with multiple genders
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook