Supinum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- supine adjective Lying flat on the back with the face turned upward.
Senses
Supinum is used for these senses in English:
- supine (grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.
supine — full definition
- adjective Lying flat on the back with the face turned upward.
- adjective Failing to act or resist when action is called for; passively accepting whatever happens.
- noun In Latin grammar, a verbal noun formed from the past participle stem, used in a small number of fixed constructions.