supervacuus

Latin

Etymology

From super (“above”) + vacuus (“vacant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. 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

• supervacuē
• supervacuitās
• supervacuō

Related terms

• supervacāneus
• supervacō

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.