superbus
See also: Superbus
English
Etymology
super- + bus
Noun
superbus (plural superbuses)
- A bus which is larger than or superior to ordinary buses.
Anagrams
- super-sub, supersub
Latin
Etymology
From super.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.bus/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrbʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.bus/, [suˈpɛrbus]
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Adjective
superbus (feminine superba, neuter superbum, comparative superbior, superlative superbissimus, adverb superbē); first/second-declension adjective
- (in a bad sense) proud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous
- Synonyms: ferōx, īnsolēns, arrogāns, impudēns
- Antonym: pudēns
- (in a good sense) proud, superior, superb, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | superbus | superba | superbum | superbī | superbae | superba | |
| Genitive | superbī | superbae | superbī | superbōrum | superbārum | superbōrum | |
| Dative | superbō | superbō | superbīs | ||||
| Accusative | superbum | superbam | superbum | superbōs | superbās | superba | |
| Ablative | superbō | superbā | superbō | superbīs | |||
| Vocative | superbe | superba | superbum | superbī | superbae | superba | |
Derived terms
- superbē
- superbia
- superbiō
- superbiter
Descendants
- Catalan: soberg, superb
- English: superb
- French: superbe
- German: superb
- Italian: superbo
- Occitan: supèrb
- Portuguese: soberbo
- Romanian: superb
- Spanish: soberbio
See also
- arrogans
- insolens
- fastidiosus
- vanus
- elatus
References
- “superbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- superbus 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)
- superbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “superbus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers