supinus, supina, supinum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying face upwards, flat on one's back; turned palm upwards; flat; passive;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | supinus | supini |
| Gen. | supini | supinorum |
| Dat. | supino | — |
| Acc. | supinum | supinos |
| Voc. | supine | supini |
| Abl. | supino | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | supina | supinae |
| Gen. | supinae | supinarum |
| Dat. | supinae | — |
| Acc. | supinam | supinas |
| Voc. | supina | supinae |
| Abl. | supina | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | supinum | supina |
| Gen. | supini | supinorum |
| Dat. | supino | — |
| Acc. | supinum | supina |
| Voc. | supinum | supina |
| Abl. | supino | — |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tolerare labores, non iubet, et nulla uehitur ceruice supinus carpentoque sedens; somni parcissimus ipse est; ultimus haustor aquae..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...hyper nos "super" dicimus, quod illi hyptios, nos "supinus", quod illi hyphorbos, nos "subulcus", quod item illi hypnos..." - D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lugentis amicum Pelidae, cubat in faciem, mox deinde supinus: [ergo non aliter poterit dormire; quibusdam] somnum rixa facit..." Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...premimur, nec inquinamur": haec et talia dum refert supinus, illas purpureas et adrogantes iussit surgere Leitus lacernas. Languebam..."- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Est quidem, mi Lucili, supinus et neglegens qui in amici memoriam ab aliqua regione..." - L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...qualis ille homericus Achilles est, modo pronus, modo supinus, in uarios habitus se ipse componens, quod proprium aegri..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...labra detorqueantur, ne inmodicus hiatus rictum distendat, ne supinus vultus, ne deiecti in terram oculi, ne inclinata utrolibet..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...inepta crura ponticuli axulis stantis in redivivis, ne supinus eat cavaque in palude recumbat: sic tibi bonus..."