supererogo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom super- (“above”) + ērogō (“pay out, expend”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.peˈreː.ro.ɡoː/, [s̠ʊpɛˈreːrɔɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.peˈre.ro.ɡo/, [supeˈrɛːroɡo]
Verb
editsuperērogō (present infinitive superērogāre, perfect active superērogāvī, supine superērogātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
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editDescendants
edit- English: supererogate
References
edit- “supererogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- supererogo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.