supremus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *suprezmo- < *superezemo- < *superisemo-, from superus +‎ -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and postrēmus. Confer with summus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈpreː.mus/, [sʊˈpreː.mʊs]

Adjective

suprēmus (feminine suprēma, neuter suprēmum); first/second declension

  1. highest, supreme
  2. very high etc

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative suprēmus suprēma suprēmum suprēmī suprēmae suprēma
Genitive suprēmī suprēmae suprēmī suprēmōrum suprēmārum suprēmōrum
Dative suprēmō suprēmae suprēmō suprēmīs suprēmīs suprēmīs
Accusative suprēmum suprēmam suprēmum suprēmōs suprēmās suprēma
Ablative suprēmō suprēmā suprēmō suprēmīs suprēmīs suprēmīs
Vocative suprēme suprēma suprēmum suprēmī suprēmae suprēma

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • suprēmitās

Descendants

References
  • supremus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • supremus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • supremus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
    • (ambiguous) on one's last day: supremo vitae die
    • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    • (ambiguous) to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    • (ambiguous) the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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