superus

Esperanto

Verb

superus

1. conditional of superi

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Latin

Etymology

From super (“above”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.rus/, [ˈs̠ʊpɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.rus/, [ˈsuːperus]

Adjective

superus (feminine supera, neuter superum, comparative superior, superlative suprēmus); first/second-declension adjective

1. being above, upper

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	superus	supera	superum		superī	superae	supera
Genitive	superī	superae	superī		superōrum	superārum	superōrum
Dative	superō		superō		superīs
Accusative	superum	superam	superum		superōs	superās	supera
Ablative	superō	superā	superō		superīs
Vocative	supere	supera	superum		superī	superae	supera

Derived terms

• superō
• suprā

Descendants

• English: superior
• Italian: supero

References

• “superus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the gods of the upper, lower world: superi; inferi