supervacuus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.perˈu̯a.ku.us/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈu̯äkuʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.perˈva.ku.us/, [superˈväːkuːs]
Adjective
[edit]supervacuus (feminine supervacua, neuter supervacuum); first/second-declension adjective
- more than needed, useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | supervacuus | supervacua | supervacuum | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacua | |
| genitive | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacuī | supervacuōrum | supervacuārum | supervacuōrum | |
| dative | supervacuō | supervacuae | supervacuō | supervacuīs | |||
| accusative | supervacuum | supervacuam | supervacuum | supervacuōs | supervacuās | supervacua | |
| ablative | supervacuō | supervacuā | supervacuō | supervacuīs | |||
| vocative | supervacue | supervacua | supervacuum | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacua | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (superfluus): superfluus, supervacāneus
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: supervacuous
- Portuguese: supervacâneo
- Spanish: supervacáneo
References
[edit]- “supervacuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supervacuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supervacuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.