adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
supervacāneus
supervacāneus (feminine supervacānea, neuter supervacāneum)
Classical[sʊ.pɛr.waˈkaː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[su.per.vaˈkaː.ne.us]
supervacāneō sg. dat. m.; sg. dat. n.; sg. abl. m.; sg. abl. n.
Meaning
- adjectiveabove what is necessary, unnecessary, needless, superfluous, redundant
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | supervacāneus | supervacānea supervacuānea | supervacāneum supervacuāneum |
| genitive | supervacāneī supervacuāneī | supervacāneae supervacuāneae | supervacāneī supervacuāneī |
| dative | supervacāneō supervacuāneō | supervacāneae supervacuāneae | supervacāneō supervacuāneō |
| accusative | supervacāneum supervacuāneum | supervacāneam supervacuāneam | supervacāneum supervacuāneum |
| ablative | supervacāneō supervacuāneō | supervacāneā supervacuāneā | supervacāneō supervacuāneō |
| vocative | supervacānee supervacuānee | supervacānea supervacuānea | supervacāneum supervacuāneum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | supervacāneī supervacuāneī | supervacāneae supervacuāneae | supervacānea supervacuānea |
| genitive | supervacāneōrum supervacuāneōrum | supervacāneārum supervacuāneārum | supervacāneōrum supervacuāneōrum |
| dative | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs |
| accusative | supervacāneōs supervacuāneōs | supervacāneās supervacuāneās | supervacānea supervacuānea |
| ablative | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs | supervacāneīs supervacuāneīs |
| vocative | supervacāneī supervacuāneī | supervacāneae supervacuāneae | supervacānea supervacuānea |
sŭper-văcānĕus, a, um, adj. vacuus,
I. over and above what is necessary, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supervacaneous (class.):
vasa, supernumerary, extra, Cato, R. R. 12: opus, i. e. done at leisure hours, Cic. Sen. 16, 56: litterae, id. Att. 16, 2, 5: commemoratio officiorum, id. Fam. 3, 5, 1: oratio, Liv. 22, 39: defensio Pauli, id. 45, 37: iter, id. 21, 13: actio, Just. 11, 12 fin.: instituta (opp. necessaria), Suet. Rhet. 1: quicquid supervacaneum sit, aut usum non habeat, obstare, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99; cf.: omnia ita nata atque ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit, id. ib. 2, 47, 121: descriptio omnium corporis partium, in quā nihil inane, nihil sine causā, nihil supervacaneum, id. ib. 1, 33, 92: de timore supervacaneum est disserere, Sall. C. 51, 19; 58, 11: quin alter consul pro supervacaneo atque inutili habeatur, Liv. 10, 24.—* Adv.: sŭper-văcānĕō, uselessly, superfluously. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 3 med.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
supervacāneus adj.
super-vacuus, over and above, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supererogatory, redundant : opus, i. e. of leisure hours : oratio, L.: iter, L.: omnia ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit: de timore supervacaneum est disserere, S.: quin alter consul pro supervacaneo habeatur, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsupervacāneus
Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁uh₂-kos Proto-Italic *wakos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vacō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin supervacāneus From super- (“above”) + vacō (“empty”) + -āneus.
Descendants
- Englishsupervacaneous
- Italiansupervacaneo
- Portuguesesupervacâneo
- Spanishsupervacáneo