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Supine
In grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages. The term is most often used for Latin, where it is one of the four principal parts of a verb. The word is commonly used to describe
a position of lying on one’s back (as opposed to ‘prone’, lying face downward), but no one has been able to explain why it is used by grammarians to describe this part of a verb.
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Supine (adjective)
Lying on its back.
“reclined”
“prone|prostrate”
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Supine (adjective)
Reluctant to take moral passive towards something.
“passive|peaceful|lazy|lethargic|listless”
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Supine (adjective)
Inclining or leaning inclined, sloping.
“inclined|sloping”
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Supine (noun)
In ablative and shares the same stem as the passive participle.
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Supine (noun)
In combines with an tenses.
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Recumbent (adjective)
Lying down.
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Recumbent (adjective)
Inactive; idle.
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Recumbent (noun)
A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.
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Supine (adjective)
(of a person) lying face upwards.
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Supine (adjective)
having the front or ventral part upwards.
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Supine (adjective)
(of the hand) with the palm upwards.
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Supine (adjective)
failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence
“the government was supine in the face of racial injustice”
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Supine (noun)
a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).
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Recumbent (adjective)
(especially of a person or effigy) lying down
“recumbent statues”
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Recumbent (adjective)
(of a plant) growing close to the ground
“recumbent shrubs”
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Recumbent (noun)
a type of bicycle designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one’s back.