supervacaneus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editsupervacāneus (feminine supervacānea, neuter supervacāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- above what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundant
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | supervacāneus | supervacānea | supervacāneum | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacānea | |
| Genitive | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacāneī | supervacāneōrum | supervacāneārum | supervacāneōrum | |
| Dative | supervacāneō | 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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
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.