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