Superaequum

Latin

Etymology

Said to be a calque of Paelignian [Term?] for "above the plain"; first element from super (“above”), second element could possibly be from a late Proto-Indo-European substrate *aikwo (“plain”), though the kw > p typical of Italic languages would be expected; perhaps borrowed through Messapic. Compare the Italic placenames Aecae Aeculanum, Aequum Tuticum, and Aequum in Illyria.

Proper noun

Superaequum n sg (genitive Superaequī); second declension

A town of the Paeligni

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Superaequum
Genitive	Superaequī
Dative	Superaequō
Accusative	Superaequum
Ablative	Superaequō
Vocative	Superaequum
Locative	Superaequī

Derived terms

Superaequānus

References

“Superaequum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Ribezzo, “Roma delle Origini, Sabini e Sabelli”, RIGI XIV 1930
DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 127