superi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →superus, supera -um, superior -or -us, supremus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
above, high; higher, upper, of this world; greatest, last, highest;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →superus, superi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
gods (pl.) on high, celestial deities; those above;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →superum, superi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
heaven (pl.); heavenly bodies; heavenly things; higher places;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...corbulis. si autem deorsum comedent, si quid coxerint, superi incenati sunt et cenati inferi. sed verba hic facio..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...redit planissume. ut tequidem omnes di d que--superi inferi-- malis exemplis perdant! em siquid velis, huic mandes..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...morari. 395plenum epulis madidumque mero Venerique paratuminuenies: aude, superi tot uota CatonumBrutorumque tibi tribuent.' non lentus Achillassuadenti parere..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rege sub inpuro Nilotica rura tenente, hospitii fretus superis et munere tanto in proauos, cecidit donati uictima regni..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Roma, faue coeptis; quid enim tibi laetius umquampraestiterint superi, quam, si ciuilia Parthomilite bella geras, tantam consumere gentemet..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Roma uideret!donassent utinam superi patriaeque tibique 30unum, Magne, diem, quo fati certus uterqueextremum tanti fructum raperetis amoris.tu..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Thessalicae ueniunt ad Pythia laurus.inpius hinc prolem superis inmisit Aloeus, 410inseruit celsis prope se cum Pelion astrissideribusque uias..." - T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...agas scias. ALC. At ita me di deaeque, superi atque inferi et medioxumi, itaque me Iuno regina..."
