superabantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →supero, superare, superavi, superatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
overcome, conquer; survive; outdo; surpass, be above, have the upper hand;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multis certaminibus equestria proelia ferme prospera faciebant, pedites superabantur; sed nequaquam tam laetum uincere quam triste uinci ulla..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...minor Germanis animus, sed genere pugnae et armorum superabantur, cum ingens multitudo artis locis praelongas hastas non protenderet..."