supervacaneus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- (“above”) + vacō (“empty”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.per.u̯aˈkaː.ne.us/, [s̠ʊpɛru̯äˈkäːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.vaˈka.ne.us/, [superväˈkäːneus]
Adjective
[edit]supervacāneus (feminine supervacānea, neuter supervacāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- above what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundant
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | supervacāneus | supervacānea | supervacāneum | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacānea | |
| genitive | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacāneī | supervacāneōrum | supervacāneārum | supervacāneōrum | |
| dative | supervacāneō | supervacāneae | supervacāneō | supervacāneīs | |||
| accusative | supervacāneum | supervacāneam | supervacāneum | supervacāneōs | supervacāneās | supervacānea | |
| ablative | supervacāneō | supervacāneā | supervacāneō | supervacāneīs | |||
| vocative | supervacānee | supervacānea | supervacāneum | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacānea | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (unnecessary, superfluous): supervacuus
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: supervacaneous
- Italian: supervacaneo
- Portuguese: supervacâneo
- Spanish: supervacáneo
References
[edit]- “supervacaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supervacaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supervacaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.