summum genusn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌməm ˈdʒiːnəs/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈdʒɛnᵿs/, U.S.

/ˌsəməm ˈdʒinəs/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈdʒɛnᵿs/

Inflections: Plural summa genera.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum genus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin summum genus (4th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + genus kind (see genus n.).

Now somewhat rare.

The highest or most comprehensive class in a classification; (Logic) a genus that is not considered as a species of a higher genus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > a division, group, or class > categories in relation to each other

summum genus1592

subaltern genusa1705

superordinate1817

non-class1936

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. K4^v The deuill which is the Summum genus to vs all.

1615 E. Evans Verba Dierum 53 We are all placed in this world, yea even in this Realme, in like sort as the Dayes: one vnder another, one in higher, another in lower place: alvnder one Summum Genus as it were, one most noble Soveraigne.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ ii. sig. F3 But I look on Independency..as the summum genus, the common Principle, and as it were the Trojan horse of all those evils.

1721 S. Walker Trad. no Rule to Christians 29 He makes Action the Summum Genus of Sacrifice, because sacrificing must be Action.

1843 T. De Quincey Ceylon in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 636/2 In the running over hastily the summa genera of products by which Ceylon will soon make her name known to the ends of the earth.

1856 R. G. Latham Logic in its Applic. to Lang. 174 It is convenient to denote the approach of a subaltern to a summum genus by the word generic.

1976 Philos. Sci. 43 202 The minimal logic is extendible through a summum genus, an infima species or a partition principle for natural kinds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summum genus
释义	summum genusn. Brit. /ˌsʌməm ˈdʒiːnəs/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈdʒɛnᵿs/, U.S. /ˌsəməm ˈdʒinəs/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈdʒɛnᵿs/ Inflections: Plural summa genera. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum genus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin summum genus (4th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + genus kind (see genus n.). Now somewhat rare. The highest or most comprehensive class in a classification; (Logic) a genus that is not considered as a species of a higher genus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > a division, group, or class > categories in relation to each other summum genus1592 subaltern genusa1705 superordinate1817 non-class1936 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. K4^v The deuill which is the Summum genus to vs all. 1615 E. Evans Verba Dierum 53 We are all placed in this world, yea even in this Realme, in like sort as the Dayes: one vnder another, one in higher, another in lower place: alvnder one Summum Genus as it were, one most noble Soveraigne. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ ii. sig. F3 But I look on Independency..as the summum genus, the common Principle, and as it were the Trojan horse of all those evils. 1721 S. Walker Trad. no Rule to Christians 29 He makes Action the Summum Genus of Sacrifice, because sacrificing must be Action. 1843 T. De Quincey Ceylon in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 636/2 In the running over hastily the summa genera of products by which Ceylon will soon make her name known to the ends of the earth. 1856 R. G. Latham Logic in its Applic. to Lang. 174 It is convenient to denote the approach of a subaltern to a summum genus by the word generic. 1976 Philos. Sci. 43 202 The minimal logic is extendible through a summum genus, an infima species or a partition principle for natural kinds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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