Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *upo.[1] Cognate to Latin super (above), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, above) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).

Adjective

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suppus (feminine suppa, neuter suppum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. upside down

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative suppus suppa suppum suppī suppae suppa
Genitive suppī suppae suppī suppōrum suppārum suppōrum
Dative suppō suppō suppīs
Accusative suppum suppam suppum suppōs suppās suppa
Ablative suppō suppā suppō suppīs
Vocative suppe suppa suppum suppī suppae suppa

References

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  • suppus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suppus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • suppus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 601.