superi Latin · revision 30919

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *uper-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsʊ.pɛ.riː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsuː.pe.ri]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''superī''' ''m pl'' (genitive superōrum); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ In these uses the genitive ''superum'' is commoner than ''superōrum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the masculine plural of [[superus|t=upper, above]] used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is formed from [[m|la|super|t=above]]; de Vaan traces it to [[itc-pro|*supero-|t=upper]] and [[ine-pro|*uper-o-|t=above]], cognate with [[osc|supruis|t=upper]] and [[grc|ὑπέρ|tr=hupér|t=over]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livius Andronicus' ''Odyssey'' asks whether a god of the underworld or of the sky (''inferus an superus'') brings death.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the gods above, the gods of heaven as opposed to those of the underworld, and the people who live in the upper world, the living, as opposed to the dead: an old play speaks of a father coming back ''ad superōs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus of the gods above.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The gods above, the [[m|en|heavenly]] gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The living, those in the upper world (as opposed to the dead).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[superus]]

+ * [[super]]

+ * [[īnferī]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}