supine

• adj.仰向けになる；うつむく；手のひらを上に向ける；後傾する

ラテン語のsupinus（横たわる）から。語源はPIE*sup（下）で、語源的にはsub, sup-と同じ。

supine

supine: [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup- ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological meaning is presumably ‘with the front of one’s body upwards’. The metaphorical sense ‘inactive’ evolved in Latin. The origins of the use of supine as a noun, to designate a type of ‘verbal noun’, are not known.

supine (adj.)

c. 1500, "lying on the back," from Latin supinus "bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back," figuratively "inactive, indolent," from PIE *(s)up- (see sub-). The grammatical use for "Latin verbal noun formed from the past participle stem" (mid-15c.) is from Late Latin supinum verbum "supine verb," perhaps so called because, though furnished with a noun case ending, it "falls back" on the verb. Related: Supinely.

1. I lay supine on the poolside grass.

私はプールサイドの芝生の上に仰向けに横たわっています。

2.John is obedient and supine .

Johnは従順で従順である.

3.He always sleeps in a supine position.

彼はいつも仰向けに寝ている。

4.He may be turned from side to supine to prone position.

彼は横臥位から仰臥位または腹臥位に転移することができる。

5.Sebastian had been supine on the sunny seat in the colonnade,as he was now.

柱廊の中で、セバスチャンは今のように太陽の光を浴びた席に仰向けに寝ている。