supervacuus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈu̯a.ku.us/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈu̯äkuʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.perˈva.ku.us/, [superˈväːkuːs]
Adjective
supervacuus (feminine supervacua, neuter supervacuum); first/second-declension adjective
- more than needed, useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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
Related terms
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.
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