suppus
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
suppus: a, um, adj. (of uncertain signif.;
I acc. to Fest., = supinus): suppum antiqui dicebant, quem nunc supinum dicimus, ex Graeco, videlicet pro aspiratione ponentes S litteram ... Ejus vocabuli meminit etiam Lucilius: si vero das, quod rogat, et si suggeri suppus, Fest. p. 290 Müll.: (jactum) unionem canem, trinionem suppum, quaternionem planum vocabant, Isid. Orig. 65: vagari animalia suppa, walk inverted, head downwards, Lucr. 1, 1061.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
suppus,¹⁶ a, um (= supinus d’après Fest. 290, 5) : Lucr. 1, 1061 || substt, le trois [au jeu de dés] : Isid. Orig. 18, 65.
Latin > German (Georges)
suppus, a, um, archaist. = supinus (s. Fest. 290 [b], 5. Paul. ex Fest. 291, 7), adsimili ratione animalia suppa (aufrecht) vagari contendunt, Lucr. 1, 1061: postea unionem canem, trinionem suppum, quaternionem planum vocabant, Isid. orig. 18, 65. – dah. = superbus, die Nase hoch tragend, stolz, Lucil. 1297. Vgl. übh. Lachm. Lucr. 3, 173. p. 149.
