supervacuus

Latin

Etymology

From super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

supervacuus (feminine supervacua, neuter supervacuum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. more than needed, useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative supervacuus supervacua supervacuum supervacuī supervacuae supervacua
genitive supervacuī supervacuae supervacuī supervacuōrum supervacuārum supervacuōrum
dative supervacuō supervacuae supervacuō supervacuīs
accusative supervacuum supervacuam supervacuum supervacuōs supervacuās supervacua
ablative supervacuō supervacuā supervacuō supervacuīs
vocative supervacue supervacua supervacuum supervacuī supervacuae supervacua

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: supervacuous
  • Portuguese: supervacâneo
  • Spanish: supervacáneo

References

  • “supervacuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “supervacuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • supervacuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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