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
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multis certaminibus equestria proelia ferme prospera faciebant, pedites superabantur; sed nequaquam tam laetum uincere quam triste uinci ulla..." - P
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..."