superemineo

Latin

Etymology

From super- +‎ ēmineō (“stand out”), from ē- (“out of”), short form of ex-, + *mineō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.pe.reːˈmi.ne.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛreːˈmɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.pe.reˈmi.ne.o/, [supereˈmiːneo]

Verb

superēmineō (present infinitive superēminēre, perfect active superēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be above; appear, stand out or rise above; tower over or above; top or overtop
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.500–501:

     [...] illa pharētram
     fert umerō, gradiēnsque deās superēminet omnīs

     Diana carries her quiver upon her shoulder, and as she walks, she rises above all other goddesses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of superēmineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	superēmineō	superēminēs	superēminet	superēminēmus	superēminētis	superēminent
	imperfect	superēminēbam	superēminēbās	superēminēbat	superēminēbāmus	superēminēbātis	superēminēbant
	future	superēminēbō	superēminēbis	superēminēbit	superēminēbimus	superēminēbitis	superēminēbunt
	perfect	superēminuī	superēminuistī	superēminuit	superēminuimus	superēminuistis	superēminuērunt, superēminuēre
	pluperfect	superēminueram	superēminuerās	superēminuerat	superēminuerāmus	superēminuerātis	superēminuerant
	future perfect	superēminuerō	superēminueris	superēminuerit	superēminuerimus	superēminueritis	superēminuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	superēmineam	superēmineās	superēmineat	superēmineāmus	superēmineātis	superēmineant
	imperfect	superēminērem	superēminērēs	superēminēret	superēminērēmus	superēminērētis	superēminērent
	perfect	superēminuerim	superēminuerīs	superēminuerit	superēminuerīmus	superēminuerītis	superēminuerint
	pluperfect	superēminuissem	superēminuissēs	superēminuisset	superēminuissēmus	superēminuissētis	superēminuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	superēminē	—	—	superēminēte	—
	future	—	superēminētō	superēminētō	—	superēminētōte	superēminentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		superēminēre	superēminuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		superēminēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		superēminendī	superēminendō	superēminendum	superēminendō	—	—

Derived terms

• superēminēns
• superēminentia

Related terms

• ēmineō
• praeēmineō

References

• “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers