supervacaneus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From super- (“above”) + vacō (“empty”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊ.pɛr.waˈkaː.ne.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [su.per.vaˈkaː.ne.us]
Adjective
supervacāneus (feminine supervacānea, neuter supervacāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- above what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundant
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | supervacāneus | supervacānea | supervacāneum | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacānea | |
| genitive | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacāneī | supervacāneōrum | supervacāneārum | supervacāneōrum | |
| dative | supervacāneō | supervacāneae | supervacāneō | supervacāneīs | |||
| accusative | supervacāneum | supervacāneam | supervacāneum | supervacāneōs | supervacāneās | supervacānea | |
| ablative | supervacāneō | supervacāneā | supervacāneō | supervacāneīs | |||
| vocative | supervacānee | supervacānea | supervacāneum | supervacāneī | supervacāneae | supervacānea | |
Synonyms
- (unnecessary, superfluous): supervacuus
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: supervacaneous
- Italian: supervacaneo
- Portuguese: supervacâneo
- Spanish: supervacáneo
References
- “supervacaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supervacaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supervacaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.