sublimus

See also: sublimis

Latin

Etymology

From sub + limen.

See e.g. [1].

  1. Barnett Newman, John Philip O'Neill (1992) Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews‎, page 218

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈbliː.mus/, [sʊˈbliː.mʊs]

Adjective

sublīmus (feminine sublīma, neuter sublīmum); first/second declension

  1. high, lofty
  2. eminent, exalted, elevated

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sublīmus sublīma sublīmum sublīmī sublīmae sublīma
Genitive sublīmī sublīmae sublīmī sublīmōrum sublīmārum sublīmōrum
Dative sublīmō sublīmae sublīmō sublīmīs sublīmīs sublīmīs
Accusative sublīmum sublīmam sublīmum sublīmōs sublīmās sublīma
Ablative sublīmō sublīmā sublīmō sublīmīs sublīmīs sublīmīs
Vocative sublīme sublīma sublīmum sublīmī sublīmae sublīma

References
  • sublimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sublimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sublimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky: sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abire
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