supernusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [sʊˈpɛr.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [suˈpɛr.nus]

形容詞

supernus (feminine superna, neuter supernum, adverb superne); first/second-declension adjective

1. upper, that is located above
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.12.37:

     Dentēs nōn sunt testūdinī, set rōstrī marginēs acūtī supernā parte, interiōrem claudente pyxidum modō tantā ōris dūritiā ut lapidēs comminuant.

     The turtle has no teeth, but the edges of the beak are sharp on the side above, which closes the lower jaw in the manner of boxes with such hardness that they can crush stones.

2. celestial, supernal, lofty
3. (geography, figuratively, rare) northern
   • 5th C. CE, Priscian (translator), Periegesis 29–33, original author: Dionysius Periegetes, in Poetae Latini Minores (volume V), Emil Baehrens (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, Leipzig 1879, page 276:

     Fīnibus est Asiae latus artum lingua supernīs,
     Caspia quam mediam faciunt atque aequora pontī
     Euxīnī: locus hic discrīmen dīcitur esse
     Eurōpae atque Asiae disiungēns rūribus arva.

     The northern limits of Asia Minor have a narrow flank, a tongue,
     which the Caspian Sea and the waters of the Black Sea create
     in the middle: this place is said to be the separation
     of Europe and Asia, distinguising the country from the fields.

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

• supernas
• supernē
• supernitās

関連する語

• super
• superāns
• superō

派生した語

• English: supernal
• French: supernel
• Italian: superno

名詞

supernus m (genitive supernī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) heaven-dweller, God
2. (military) a sword thrust made over the top of an opponent's shield

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

参照

• “supernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “supernus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “supernus” on page 2069/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)