adjective

sup-pernātus

fem. sup-pernāta · neut. sup-pernātum

(), , perna

lamed in the hip •

lamed in the hip: suppernati dicuntur, quibus femina sunt succisa, in modum suillarum pernarum. Ennius in Annalibus: is pernas succidit iniquā superbiā Poeni. Et Catullus (17, 19) alnus suppernata securi, cut down, Fest. p. 305 Müll.; cf. p. 304 ib.

Perseus ID: n46948 Key: suppernatus