summus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: summus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	summus
Singular fem.	summa
Singular neut.	summum
Plural masc.	summī
Plural fem.	summae
Plural neut.	summa

Genitive

Singular masc.	summī
Singular fem.	summae
Singular neut.	summī
Plural masc.	summōrum
Plural fem.	summārum
Plural neut.	summōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	summō
Singular fem.	summae
Singular neut.	summō
Plural masc.	summīs
Plural fem.	summīs
Plural neut.	summīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	summum
Singular fem.	summam
Singular neut.	summum
Plural masc.	summōs
Plural fem.	summās
Plural neut.	summa

Ablative

Singular masc.	summō
Singular fem.	summā
Singular neut.	summō
Plural masc.	summīs
Plural fem.	summīs
Plural neut.	summīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	summe
Singular fem.	summa
Singular neut.	summum
Plural masc.	summī
Plural fem.	summae
Plural neut.	summa

Comparison

Sample Sentences

in illo tempore exauditae sunt preces amborum in conspectu gloriae summi Dei (At that time, the prayers of them both were heard in the sight of the glory of God most high) [4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:24]
summus mōns (the top of a/the mountain)
summa columna (the top of a column)
summa senectūs (very old age ("the top" of old age))

Adjectives inflected like summus

palmātus, rēctangulus, ursīnus, palmōsus, negātōrius, Cimmerius, fēlīnus, deltoīdeus, flūctifragus, Colōnēus, recordātīvus, erēmīticus, nūnciātōrius, idōneus, carcinophagus, servus, sentus, imāginōsus, chelīdonius, foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *supemos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo-s, from *upó + *-m̥mo-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ufumô, Sanskrit उपम (upamá, “uppermost”). See also suprēmus and -issimus.

Verbs referencing "summus"

Portuguese Adjectives sumo, Catalan Adjectives som, Italian Adjectives sommo, Spanish Adjectives somero, Catalan Adjectives summe.