superlativus
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.per.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠ʊpɛrɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.per.laˈti.vus/, [superläˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
superlātīvus (feminine superlātīva, neuter superlātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) superlative (of an adjective)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | superlātīvus | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva | |
| Genitive | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīvī | superlātīvōrum | superlātīvārum | superlātīvōrum | |
| Dative | superlātīvō | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | superlātīvum | superlātīvam | superlātīvum | superlātīvōs | superlātīvās | superlātīva | |
| Ablative | superlātīvō | superlātīvā | superlātīvō | superlātīvīs | |||
| Vocative | superlātīve | superlātīva | superlātīvum | superlātīvī | superlātīvae | superlātīva | |
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: superlativ
References
- “superlativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superlativus 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)
- superlativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette