superbia

See also: supèrbia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin superbia.

Noun

superbia f (plural superbie)

  1. pride, haughtiness, pomposity

Latin

Etymology

From superbus (haughty, proud).

Pronunciation

Noun

superbia f (genitive superbiae); first declension

  1. pride, haughtiness, arrogance, snobbishness
    Synonyms: spīritus, arrogantia
  2. conceit, vanity
  3. rudeness, discourtesy

Usage notes

While superbia generally refers to pride in a negative sense, it can also mean it in the good sense.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative superbia superbiae
Genitive superbiae superbiārum
Dative superbiae superbiīs
Accusative superbiam superbiās
Ablative superbiā superbiīs
Vocative superbia superbiae

Descendants

  • French: superbe
  • Italian: superbia
  • Portuguese: soberba
  • Spanish: soberbia

References

  • superbia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • superbia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • superbia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • superbia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be puffed up with pride: insolentia, superbia inflatum esse
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