superne Latin · revision 32007

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *(h₁)uper(i)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊˈpɛr.nɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [suˈpɛr.ne]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''superne''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ The final ''-e'' is short where the metre shows it, in Lucretius and Horace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[af|la|super|-ne|t1=above]], with the suffix of [[m|la|pōne|t=behind]];^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) the adjective [[m|la|supernus]] was made from it later.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces [[m|la|super]] to [[itc-pro|*super(i)|t=above]] and [[ine-pro|*(h₁)uper(i)|t=over, above]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|superne|t=over]], [[grc|ὑπέρ|tr=hupér|t=over, above]] and [[got|𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂|tr=ufar|t=over]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008) who has the sun running beneath the earth and above it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means at or to a higher level, above, and of the point from which an action comes, from above, also with ''dē'', as in Lucretius' dew poured down from above.^(OLD 2012) It also means in the upper part, as in Horace's poet turning into a white bird “above”.^(OLD 2012) In the sense on top or on the upper side it occurs in Horace, and Apuleius uses it of a cloak thrown over one's other clothes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the sun's course above the earth and of dew from above.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the upper part of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of a cloak worn over other clothes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At or to a higher level, [[m|en|above]]; from above.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the upper part.^(OLD 2012)

+ # On top, on the upper side; over one's other clothes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[super]]

+ * [[supernus]]

+ * [[pone|alt=pōne]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}