supinus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /suˈpiː.nus/, [s̠ʊˈpiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈpi.nus/, [suˈpiːnus]
Adjective
[edit]supīnus (feminine supīna, neuter supīnum, superlative supinissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- lying down with face upwards; supine, on one's back
- backwards, retrograde
- careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent
- (grammar) supine
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
- (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 863–595, 600–601, 601–602