superfluus
Latin
Etymology
From superfluō (“I am superfluous”), from super + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.us/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrfɫ̪uʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.us/, [suˈpɛrfluːs]
Adjective
superfluus (feminine superflua, neuter superfluum, adverb superfluō); first/second-declension adjective
- running over, overflowing
- (figuratively) superfluous, unnecessary
- (figuratively) that is left over, remaining
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | superfluus | superflua | superfluum | superfluī | superfluae | superflua | |
| Genitive | superfluī | superfluae | superfluī | superfluōrum | superfluārum | superfluōrum | |
| Dative | superfluō | superfluō | superfluīs | ||||
| Accusative | superfluum | superfluam | superfluum | superfluōs | superfluās | superflua | |
| Ablative | superfluō | superfluā | superfluō | superfluīs | |||
| Vocative | superflue | superflua | superfluum | superfluī | superfluae | superflua | |
Synonyms
- (superfluus): supervacāneus, supervacuus
Derived terms
- superflua
- superfluē
- superfluō
Related terms
- superfluō
Descendants
- Catalan: superflu
- English: superfluous
- French: superflu
- Galician: superfluo
- Italian: superfluo
- Portuguese: supérfluo
- Spanish: superfluo
References
- “superfluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superfluus 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)
- superfluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette