Definition of Supines

1. Noun. (plural of supine) ¹

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Definition of Supines

1. supine [n] - See also: supine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supines

superzooms
supes
supinate
supinated
supinates
supinating
supination
supinations
supinator
supinators
supine
supine tense
supinely
supineness
supinenesses
supines (current term)
supinity
suplex
suplexes
suppage
supparasitation
supparasitations
suppawn
suppawns
suppeago
supped
suppedanea
suppedaneous
suppedaneum
suppeditation

Literary usage of Supines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"He thinks, too, that the Anglo-Saxon has supines and gerunds among its variations; accidents certainly peculiar to Latin verbs only. ..."

2. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1882)
"supines, like gerunds, are verbal nouns, baring no other cases except the ... I. supines in urn are followed by the same cases as their verbs; as, ..."

3. Grammatical Commentaries: Being an Apparatus to a New National Grammar, by by Richard Johnson (1718)
"Of the Formation of supines, and Participles in us and mus. ... H Ere are two long Rules about supines, which yet very few Verbs haVe ', and it is meerly ..."

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