supinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“up, from below”) (whence sub). Doublet of suppus and supa (“part of a sacrificed animal”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕπτιος (húptios, “backwards, lazy, careless, passive”), from ὑπό (hupó).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈpiː.nus/, [s̠ʊˈpiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈpi.nus/, [suˈpiːnus]

Adjective

supīnus (feminine supīna, neuter supīnum, superlative supinissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. lying down with face upwards; supine, on one's back
2. backwards, retrograde
3. careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent
4. (grammar) supine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	supīnus	supīna	supīnum		supīnī	supīnae	supīna
Genitive	supīnī	supīnae	supīnī		supīnōrum	supīnārum	supīnōrum
Dative	supīnō		supīnō		supīnīs
Accusative	supīnum	supīnam	supīnum		supīnōs	supīnās	supīna
Ablative	supīnō	supīnā	supīnō		supīnīs
Vocative	supīne	supīna	supīnum		supīnī	supīnae	supīna

Antonyms

• prōnus

Descendants

• Catalan: supí
• English: supine
• French: supin
• Galician: supino
• German: Supinum
• Greek: σουπῖνον (soupînon)
• Italian: supino
• Portuguese: supino
• Spanish: supino

References

• “supinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 594–595, 600–601, 601–602