superus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /suˈperus/ Rhymes: -erus Syllabification: su‧pe‧rus === Verb === superus conditional of superi == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *superos, cognate to Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌔 (supruis, dat. pl. m.) and Umbrian 𐌔𐌖𐌐𐌓𐌖 (supru, abl. sg. m.). Equivalent to super (“above, over”, preposition) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊ.pɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.pe.rus] === Adjective === superus (feminine supera, neuter superum, comparative superior, superlative suprēmus or superrimus or superrumus or summus, adverb super or suprā); first/second-declension adjective above, upper, higher ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== *superculum (adj.) superō (verb) ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: supero === References === “superus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “superus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “superus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.