// n. 1. In the grammar of Latin, a distinct non-finite form derived from one of the participial stems of a verb and serving to express certain types of complements. In the familiar Latin phrase mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to tell’, dictu is...

Abstract verbal form in Latin which is derived from verbs of motion. There are two types of supine in Latin: (a) supine I ends in -tum and has adjectival meaning, indicating a direction or purpose: Salutatum venire ‘to come for the purpose of...

In grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some...