superstes
Latin
Etymology
From superstō (“I survive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.stes/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrs̠t̪ɛs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.stes/, [suˈpɛrst̪es]
Verb
superstēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of superstō ("you would survive")
Noun
superstes m or f (genitive superstitis); third declension
- survivor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | superstes | superstitēs |
| Genitive | superstitis | superstitum |
| Dative | superstitī | superstitibus |
| Accusative | superstitem | superstitēs |
| Ablative | superstite | superstitibus |
| Vocative | superstes | superstitēs |
Descendants
- Italian: superstite
- Portuguese: supérstite
- Romanian: superstiție
- Spanish: supérstite
References
- “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- superstes 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)
- superstes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
- to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse