superemineo

Latin

Etymology

From super- +‎ ēmineō (“stand out”), from ē- (“out of”), short form of ex-, + *mineō.

Pronunciation

Verb

superēmineō (present infinitive superēminēre, perfect active superēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (ambitransitive) to be above; appear, stand out or rise above; tower over or above; top or overtop
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.500–501:
      [...] illa pharētram
      fert umerō, gradiēnsque deās superēminet omnīs
      Diana carries her quiver upon her shoulder, and as she walks, she rises above all other goddesses.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of superēmineō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present superēmineō superēminēs superēminet superēminēmus superēminētis superēminent
imperfect superēminēbam superēminēbās superēminēbat superēminēbāmus superēminēbātis superēminēbant
future superēminēbō superēminēbis superēminēbit superēminēbimus superēminēbitis superēminēbunt
perfect superēminuī superēminuistī superēminuit superēminuimus superēminuistis superēminuērunt,
superēminuēre
pluperfect superēminueram superēminuerās superēminuerat superēminuerāmus superēminuerātis superēminuerant
future perfect superēminuerō superēminueris superēminuerit superēminuerimus superēminueritis superēminuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present superēmineam superēmineās superēmineat superēmineāmus superēmineātis superēmineant
imperfect superēminērem superēminērēs superēminēret superēminērēmus superēminērētis superēminērent
perfect superēminuerim superēminuerīs superēminuerit superēminuerīmus superēminuerītis superēminuerint
pluperfect superēminuissem superēminuissēs superēminuisset superēminuissēmus superēminuissētis superēminuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — superēminē — — superēminēte —
future — superēminētō superēminētō — superēminētōte superēminentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present superēminēre — superēminēns —
perfect superēminuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
superēminendī superēminendō superēminendum superēminendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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