supercerno

Latin

Etymology

From super- +‎ cernō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.perˈker.noː/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈkɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈt͡ʃer.no/, [superˈt͡ʃɛrno]

Verb

supercernō (present infinitive supercernere, perfect active supercrēvī, supine supercrētum); third conjugation

1. to sift upon or over
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.10:

     [69] Namque ad id praecipuum eligi solum refert, quoniam nutricem indulgentiorem esse quam matrem saepe convenit. sit ergo siccum sucosumque, bipalio subactum, advenis hospitale et quam simillimum terrae ei, in quam transferendae sint, ante omnia elapidatum munitumque ab incursu etiam gallinacei generis, quam minime rimosum, ne penetrans sol exurat fibras. [70] intervallo sesquipedum seri — nam si inter se contingant, praeter alia vitia etiam verminosa fiunt —, sariri convenit saepius herbasque evelli, praeterea semina ipsa fruticantia supputare ac falcem pati consuescere. [71] Cato et furcis crates inponi iubet altitudine hominis ad solem recipiendum atque integi culmo ad frigora arcenda. sic pirorum malorumque semina nutriri, sic pineas nuces, sic cupressos semine satas et ipsas. [72] minimis id granis constat, vix ut perspici quaedam possint, non omittendo naturae miraculo e tam parvo gigni arbores, tanto maiore tritici et hordei grano, ne quis fabam reputet. quid simile origini suae habent malorum pirorumque semina? his principiis respuentem securis materiem nasci, indomita ponderibus inmensis prela, arbores velis, turribus murisque inpellendis arietes! haec est naturae vis, haec potentia. super omnia erit e lacrima nasci aliquid, ut suo loco dicemus. [73] Ergo e cupresso femina — mas enim, ut diximus, non gignit — pilulae collectae quibus docui mensibus siccantur sole, ruptaeque emittunt semen formicis mire expetitum, ampliato etiam miraculo tantuli animalis cibo absumi natalem tantarum arborum. seritur Aprili mense, area aequata cylindris aut volviculis, densum, terraque cribris superincernitur pollicis crassitudine. [74] contra maius pondus attollere se non valet torqueturque sub terra. ob hoc et pavitur vestigiis. leniter rigatur a solis occasu in trinis diebus, ut aequaliter bibat, donec erumpant. differuntur post annum dodrantali filo, custodita temperie, ut viridi caelo serantur ac sine aura. mirumque dictu, periculum eo tantum die est, si roravit quantulumcumque imbris, aut si adflavit. de reliquo tutae sunt perpetua securitate aquasque postea odere. [75] et zizipha grano seruntur Aprili mense. tubures melius inseruntur in pruno silvestri et malo cotoneo et in calabrice. ea est spina silvestris; quaecumque optime et myxas recipit; utiliter et sorbos. Plantas ex seminario transferre in aliud, priusquam suo loco ponantur, operose praecipi arbitror, licet translatione folia latiora fieri spondeant.

Conjugation

Conjugation of supercernō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supercernō	supercernis	supercernit	supercernimus	supercernitis	supercernunt
	imperfect	supercernēbam	supercernēbās	supercernēbat	supercernēbāmus	supercernēbātis	supercernēbant
	future	supercernam	supercernēs	supercernet	supercernēmus	supercernētis	supercernent
	perfect	supercrēvī	supercrēvistī	supercrēvit	supercrēvimus	supercrēvistis	supercrēvērunt, supercrēvēre
	pluperfect	supercrēveram	supercrēverās	supercrēverat	supercrēverāmus	supercrēverātis	supercrēverant
	future perfect	supercrēverō	supercrēveris	supercrēverit	supercrēverimus	supercrēveritis	supercrēverint
passive	present	supercernor	supercerneris, supercernere	supercernitur	supercernimur	supercerniminī	supercernuntur
	imperfect	supercernēbar	supercernēbāris, supercernēbāre	supercernēbātur	supercernēbāmur	supercernēbāminī	supercernēbantur
	future	supercernar	supercernēris, supercernēre	supercernētur	supercernēmur	supercernēminī	supercernentur
	perfect	supercrētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supercrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supercrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supercernam	supercernās	supercernat	supercernāmus	supercernātis	supercernant
	imperfect	supercernerem	supercernerēs	supercerneret	supercernerēmus	supercernerētis	supercernerent
	perfect	supercrēverim	supercrēverīs	supercrēverit	supercrēverīmus	supercrēverītis	supercrēverint
	pluperfect	supercrēvissem	supercrēvissēs	supercrēvisset	supercrēvissēmus	supercrēvissētis	supercrēvissent
passive	present	supercernar	supercernāris, supercernāre	supercernātur	supercernāmur	supercernāminī	supercernantur
	imperfect	supercernerer	supercernerēris, supercernerēre	supercernerētur	supercernerēmur	supercernerēminī	supercernerentur
	perfect	supercrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supercrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supercerne	—	—	supercernite	—
	future	—	supercernitō	supercernitō	—	supercernitōte	supercernuntō
passive	present	—	supercernere	—	—	supercerniminī	—
	future	—	supercernitor	supercernitor	—	—	supercernuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supercernere	supercrēvisse	supercrētūrum esse	supercernī	supercrētum esse	supercrētum īrī
participles		supercernēns	—	supercrētūrus	—	supercrētus	supercernendus, supercernundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supercernendī	supercernendō	supercernendum	supercernendō	supercrētum	supercrētū

References

• “supercerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supercerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.