supremus

Latin

Alternative forms

• superrumus

Etymology

From earlier *suprezmo- < *superezemo- < *superisemo-, from Proto-Italic *superisemos. Equivalent to superus +‎ -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and postrēmus. Compare with summus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈpreː.mus/, [s̠ʊˈpreːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈpre.mus/, [suˈprɛːmus]

Adjective

suprēmus (feminine suprēma, neuter suprēmum); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of superus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	suprēmus	suprēma	suprēmum		suprēmī	suprēmae	suprēma
Genitive	suprēmī	suprēmae	suprēmī		suprēmōrum	suprēmārum	suprēmōrum
Dative	suprēmō		suprēmō		suprēmīs
Accusative	suprēmum	suprēmam	suprēmum		suprēmōs	suprēmās	suprēma
Ablative	suprēmō	suprēmā	suprēmō		suprēmīs
Vocative	suprēme	suprēma	suprēmum		suprēmī	suprēmae	suprēma

Antonyms

• īnfimus

Derived terms

• suprēmitās

Descendants

(all borrowings)

• Catalan: suprem
• English: supreme
• French: suprême
• Italian: supremo
• Portuguese: supremo
• Romanian: suprem
• Spanish: supremo

References

• “supremus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supremus 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)
• supremus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
    
  • (ambiguous) on one's last day: supremo vitae die
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • (ambiguous) the last wishes of a deceased person: alicuius mortui voluntas (suprema)
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN