superstes
Latin
Etymology
From superstō (“to survive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊˈpɛr.stɛs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈpɛr.st̪es]
Verb
superstēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of superstō ("you would survive")
Noun
superstes m or f (genitive superstitis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | superstes | superstitēs |
| genitive | superstitis | superstitum |
| dative | superstitī | superstitibus |
| accusative | superstitem | superstitēs |
| ablative | superstite | superstitibus |
| vocative | superstes | superstitēs |
Descendants
- Italian: superstite
- Portuguese: supérstite
- Romanian: superstiție
- Spanish: supérstite
Adjective
superstes (genitive superstetis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- surviving, outlasting [with dative; or with (less common) genitive or absolutive]
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | superstes | superstitēs | superstitia | ||
| genitive | superstitis | superstitium | |||
| dative | superstitī | superstitibus | |||
| accusative | superstitem | superstes | superstitēs | superstitia | |
| ablative | superstitī | superstitibus | |||
| vocative | superstes | superstitēs | superstitia | ||
References
- “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "superstes", 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)
- superstes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
- to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse