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Definition supine

Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from Latin sup?nus (�lying down with the face upwards, supine; careless, heedless, thoughtless, negligent, indolent; (grammar) supine�), from *sup- (see sub (�under�)) + -?nus (�of, pertaining to�). The word is cognate with Catalan sup�, Italian supino (�on one's back, supine�), Old French sovin, Middle French souvin, Anglo-Norman supin, Old Occitan sobin, sopin, Portuguese supino (�on one's back, supine�), Spanish supino (�on one's back, supine�).

The noun is from Late Middle English supin (�supine of a Latin verb�) or Middle French supin (�(grammar) supine�), from Latin sup?num, (ellipsis of sup?num verbum (�supine verb�)), from sup?nus; further etymology above.

Adjective

supine (comparative more supine, superlative most supine)

1. Lying on its back.
2. (figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
3. (rare, now poetic) Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.

Noun

supine (plural supines)

1. (grammar, also attributively) In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.
2. (grammar, also attributively) In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.

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