supinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo (“up, from below”) (whence sub). Doublet of suppus and supa (“part of a sacrificed animal”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕπτιος (húptios, “backwards, lazy, careless, passive”), from ὑπό (hupó).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /suˈpiː.nus/, [s̠ʊˈpiːnʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈpi.nus/, [suˈpiːnus]

Adjective

supīnus (feminine supīna, neuter supīnum, superlative supinissimus); first/second-declension adjective

lying down with face upwards; supine, on one's back
backwards, retrograde
careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent
(grammar) supine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	supīnus	supīna	supīnum	supīnī	supīnae	supīna
Genitive	supīnī	supīnae	supīnī	supīnōrum	supīnārum	supīnōrum
Dative	supīnō	supīnae	supīnō	supīnīs
Accusative	supīnum	supīnam	supīnum	supīnōs	supīnās	supīna
Ablative	supīnō	supīnā	supīnō	supīnīs
Vocative	supīne	supīna	supīnum	supīnī	supīnae	supīna

Antonyms

prōnus

Descendants

Catalan: supí
English: supine
French: supin
Galician: supino
German: Supinum
Greek: σουπῖνον (soupῖnon)
Italian: supino
Portuguese: supino
Spanish: supino

References

“supinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“supinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
supinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 594–595, 600–601, 601–602