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supernus
supernus
Latin
Adjective
supernus m (feminine superna, neuter supernum); first/second declension
- upper, that is located above
- celestial, supernal, lofty
- (figuratively) northern
- (military, substantive) a sword thrust made over the top of an opponent's shield
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | supernus | superna | supernum | supernī | supernae | superna | |
| genitive | supernī | supernae | supernī | supernōrum | supernārum | supernōrum | |
| dative | supernō | supernō | supernīs | ||||
| accusative | supernum | supernam | supernum | supernōs | supernās | superna | |
| ablative | supernō | supernā | supernō | supernīs | |||
| vocative | superne | superna | supernum | supernī | supernae | superna | |
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References
- supernus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supernus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supernus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.