supervacuus
Latin
Etymology
From super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈwa.ku.us/, [sʊ.pɛrˈwa.kʊ.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.perˈva.ku.us/, [su.perˈvaː.ku.us]
Adjective
supervacuus (feminine supervacua, neuter supervacuum); first/second declension
- more than needed, useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | supervacuus | supervacua | supervacuum | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacua | |
| Genitive | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacuī | supervacuōrum | supervacuārum | supervacuōrum | |
| Dative | supervacuō | supervacuō | supervacuīs | ||||
| Accusative | supervacuum | supervacuam | supervacuum | supervacuōs | supervacuās | supervacua | |
| Ablative | supervacuō | supervacuā | supervacuō | supervacuīs | |||
| Vocative | supervacue | supervacua | supervacuum | supervacuī | supervacuae | supervacua | |
Synonyms
- (superfluus): superfluus, supervacāneus
Derived terms
- supervacuē
- supervacuitās
- supervacuō
Related terms
- supervacāneus
- supervacō
Descendants
- English: supervacuous
- Portuguese: supervacâneo
- Spanish: supervacáneo
References
- supervacuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supervacuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supervacuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette