Superaequum

Latin

Etymology

Said to be a calque of Paelignian [Term?] for "above the plain"; first element from super (“above”), second element could possibly be from a late Proto-Indo-European substrate *aikwo (“plain”), though the kw > p typical of Italic languages would be expected; perhaps borrowed through Messapic. Compare the Italic placenames Aecae Aeculanum, Aequum Tuticum, and Aequum in Illyria.

Proper noun

Superaequum n sg (genitive Superaequī); second declension

1. A town of the Paeligni

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Superaequum
genitive	Superaequī
dative	Superaequō
accusative	Superaequum
ablative	Superaequō
vocative	Superaequum
locative	Superaequī

Derived terms

• Superaequānus

References

• “Superaequum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Ribezzo, “Roma delle Origini, Sabini e Sabelli”, RIGI XIV 1930
• DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 127