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superbiae

superbiae is a Latin form of superbia, meaning “pride, arrogance, haughtiness”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 52 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro L. Murena 8: … . quae si causa non esset, tamen vel dignitas hominis vel honoris eius quem adeptus est amplitudo summam mihi superbiae crudelitatisque infamiam inussisset, si hominis et suis et populi Romani ornamentis amplissimi causam tanti p …

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.3.48: Superbiae quoque crimen, quod tunc praeter cetera in senatu Rodiensibus obiectum erat, mirifica et prope divina responsionis figura elusit et eluit.

All forms of superbia (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.