superfluus

Latin

Etymology

From superfluō (“I am superfluous”, from super +‎ fluō (“flow”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈper.flu.us/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrfɫ̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈper.flu.us/, [suˈpɛrfluːs]

Adjective

superfluus (feminine superflua, neuter superfluum, adverb superfluō); first/second-declension adjective

1. running over, overflowing
2. (figuratively) superfluous, unnecessary
3. (figuratively) that is left over, remaining

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	superfluus	superflua	superfluum		superfluī	superfluae	superflua
Genitive	superfluī	superfluae	superfluī		superfluōrum	superfluārum	superfluōrum
Dative	superfluō		superfluō		superfluīs
Accusative	superfluum	superfluam	superfluum		superfluōs	superfluās	superflua
Ablative	superfluō	superfluā	superfluō		superfluīs
Vocative	superflue	superflua	superfluum		superfluī	superfluae	superflua

Synonyms

• (superfluus): supervacāneus, supervacuus

Derived terms

• superflua
• superfluē
• superfluō

Related terms

• superfluō

Descendants

• Catalan: superflu
• English: superfluous
• French: superflu
• Galician: superfluo
• Italian: superfluo
• Portuguese: supérfluo
• Spanish: superfluo

References

• “superfluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• superfluus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• superfluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.