superbus

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English

Etymology

From super- +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superbus (plural superbuses)

  1. A bus which is larger than or considered superior to ordinary buses.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *superiðos; equivalent to super (“above”) + -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

superbus (feminine superba, neuter superbum, comparative superbior, superlative superbissimus, adverb superbē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (in a bad sense) proud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous
    Synonyms: ferōx, īnsolēns, arrogāns, impudēns
    Antonym: pudēns
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.540–541:
      “Quis mē autem, fac velle, sinet, ratibusve superbīs / invīsam accipiet? .”
      “Moreover, who will let me , supposing I want it? Or if I arrive at haughty ships will I be received? .”
  2. (in a good sense) proud, superior, superb, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative superbus superba superbum superbī superbae superba
genitive superbī superbae superbī superbōrum superbārum superbōrum
dative superbō superbae superbō superbīs
accusative superbum superbam superbum superbōs superbās superba
ablative superbō superbā superbō superbīs
vocative superbe superba superbum superbī superbae superba

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • “superbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “superbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "superbus", 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)
  • superbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “superbus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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