suppus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *soupos, with *sūpus turning to suppus by the littera rule. Related to Proto-Indo-European *upo, and also to Latin super (“above”), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).

Adjective

suppus (feminine suppa, neuter suppum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. upside down

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative suppus suppa suppum suppī suppae suppa
genitive suppī suppae suppī suppōrum suppārum suppōrum
dative suppō suppae suppō suppīs
accusative suppum suppam suppum suppōs suppās suppa
ablative suppō suppā suppō suppīs
vocative suppe suppa suppum suppī suppae suppa

References

  • “suppus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "suppus", 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)
  • suppus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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