resupinus, resupina, resupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying on one's back;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | resupinus | resupini |
| Gen. | resupini | resupinorum |
| Dat. | resupino | — |
| Acc. | resupinum | resupinos |
| Voc. | resupine | resupini |
| Abl. | resupino | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | resupina | resupinae |
| Gen. | resupinae | resupinarum |
| Dat. | resupinae | — |
| Acc. | resupinam | resupinas |
| Voc. | resupina | resupinae |
| Abl. | resupina | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | resupinum | resupina |
| Gen. | resupini | resupinorum |
| Dat. | resupino | — |
| Acc. | resupinum | resupina |
| Voc. | resupinum | resupina |
| Abl. | resupino | — |
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...LXXVII Multis dum precibus Iovem salutat Stans summos resupinus usque in ungues Aethon in Capitolio pepedit. Riserunt homines..."- L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Ille qui in scaena latus incedit et haec resupinus dicit, en impero Argis; regna mihi liquit Pelops..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...miser. Aperta multa tecta conlucent face. resupinus ipse purpurae atque auro incubat, uino grauatum fulciens laeua caput. eructat..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...numero cum corpora nostro prensa manu magna medio resupinus in antro frangeret ad saxum, sanieque aspersa natarent limina..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...atque impar congressus Achilli, fertur equis, curruque haeret resupinus inani, lora tenens tamen; huic cervixque comaeque trahuntur..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spumis albentibus oblita luctor et retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas. nec tamen has vires rabies superasset equorum..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pariter cerebrumque merumque vulnere et ore vomens madida resupinus harena calcitrat. ardescunt germani caede bimembres certatimque omnes..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...duabus infligitque viro; rutilum vomit ille cruorem et resupinus humum moribundo vertice pulsat. inde Semiramio Polydegmona sanguine cretum..."