superans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of superō (“surmount, surpass”)

Participle

superāns (genitive superantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. surmounting, ascending, rising over.
  2. surpassing, exceeding, outdoing.
  3. abundant, overflowing.
  4. remaining, left, surviving.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative superāns superantēs superantia
Genitive superantis superantium
Dative superantī superantibus
Accusative superantem superāns superantēs
superantīs		 superantia
Ablative superante
superantī1		 superantibus
Vocative superāns superantēs superantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

References
  • “superans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “superans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • superans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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