superlativus
See also: superlatívus
Latin
Etymology
From superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), from super- (“super-, over-”) + lātus (“borne, carried”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊ.pɛr.ɫaːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [su.per.laˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) superlative (of an adjective)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | superlātīvus | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva | |
genitive | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīvī | superlātīvōrum | superlātīvārum | superlātīvōrum | |
dative | superlātīvō | superlātīvae | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | |||
accusative | superlātīvum | superlātīvam | superlātīvum | superlātīvōs | superlātīvās | superlātīva | |
ablative | superlātīvō | superlātīvā | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | |||
vocative | superlātīve | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva |
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: superlativ
References
- “superlativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "superlativus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- superlativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.