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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier *suprezmo- < *superezemo- < *superisemo-, from Proto-Italic *superisemos. Equivalent to superus + -issimus. Same development as extrēmus and postrēmus. Compare with summus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
suprēmus (feminine suprēma, neuter suprēmum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of superus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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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, 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