superans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of superō (“surmount, surpass”)

Participle

superāns (genitive superantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. surmounting, ascending, rising over.
2. surpassing, exceeding, outdoing.
3. abundant, overflowing.
4. remaining, left, surviving.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	superāns			superantēs	superantia
Genitive	superantis			superantium
Dative	superantī			superantibus
Accusative	superantem	superāns		superantēs superantīs	superantia
Ablative	superante superantī1			superantibus
Vocative	superāns			superantēs	superantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• superantia

References

• “superans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.