superaverant
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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...solitus erat, quae Iugurthae fesso aut maioribus astricto superaverant." Sed invenimus in tertio Enni annalium in hoc versu..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...solitus erat, quae Iugurthae fesso aut maioribus asstricto superaverant; ex quo illi gloria opesque inventae. Igitur utriusque consilio..."