superbus

See also: Superbus

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

• super-sub, supersub

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊˈpɛr.bʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈpɛr.bus]

Adjective

superbus (feminine superba, neuter superbum, comparative superbior, superlative superbissimus, adverb superbē or superbiter); 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 [rejoin the Trojans], supposing I want it? Or if I arrive at [their] haughty ships will I [even] 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

• superbē
• superbia
• superbiō
• superbiter

Descendants

• Catalan: soberg, superb
• English: superb
• French: superbe
• German: superb
• Italian: superbo
• Occitan: supèrb
• Portuguese: soberbo
• Romanian: superb
• Spanish: soberbio

See also

• arrogans
• insolens
• fastidiosus
• vanus
• elatus

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, 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