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summas

summas is a Latin form of superus, meaning “above, higher; (pl.) the gods above”. It is the accusative plural feminine superlative adjective.

Found 89 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.1.1: Cum in Italiam proficisceretur Caesar, Ser. Galbam cum legione XII. et parte equitatus in Nantuates, Veragros Sedunosque misit, qui a finibus Allobrogum et lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano ad summas Alpes pertinent.

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 10.56.1: Summas, domine, gratias ago, quod inter maximas occupationes in iis, de quibus te consului, me quoque regere dignatus es; quod nunc quoque facias rogo.

All forms of superus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.