supervacaneus

Latin

Alternative forms

• supervacuāneus

Etymology

From super- (“above”) +‎ vacō (“empty”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.per.u̯aˈkaː.ne.us/, [s̠ʊpɛru̯äˈkäːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.per.vaˈka.ne.us/, [superväˈkäːneus]

Adjective

supervacāneus (feminine supervacānea, neuter supervacāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. above what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	supervacāneus	supervacānea	supervacāneum		supervacāneī	supervacāneae	supervacānea
Genitive	supervacāneī	supervacāneae	supervacāneī		supervacāneōrum	supervacāneārum	supervacāneōrum
Dative	supervacāneō		supervacāneō		supervacāneīs
Accusative	supervacāneum	supervacāneam	supervacāneum		supervacāneōs	supervacāneās	supervacānea
Ablative	supervacāneō	supervacāneā	supervacāneō		supervacāneīs
Vocative	supervacānee	supervacānea	supervacāneum		supervacāneī	supervacāneae	supervacānea

Synonyms

• (unnecessary, superfluous): supervacuus

Derived terms

• supervacāneō

Related terms

• vacō
• vacuus
• supervacō
• supervacuē
• supervacuitās
• supervacuō
• supervacuus

Descendants

• English: supervacaneous
• Italian: supervacaneo
• Portuguese: supervacâneo
• Spanish: supervacáneo

References

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