superstes

Latin

Etymology

From superstō (“to survive”).

Pronunciation

Verb

superstēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of superstō  ("you would survive")

Noun

superstes m or f (genitive superstitis); third declension

  1. survivor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative superstes superstitēs
Genitive superstitis superstitum
Dative superstitī superstitibus
Accusative superstitem superstitēs
Ablative superstite superstitibus
Vocative superstes superstitēs

Descendants

References
  • “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “superstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • superstes 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)
  • superstes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
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