supero
Dictionary entries
- Entry →supero, superare, superavi, superatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
overcome, conquer; survive; outdo; surpass, be above, have the upper hand;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →superus, superi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
gods (pl.) on high, celestial deities; those above;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →superum, superi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
heaven (pl.); heavenly bodies; heavenly things; higher places;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Picis divitiis, qui aureos montes colunt, ego solus supero. nam istos reges ceteros memorare nolo, hominum mendicabula..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...illuc sursum escendero: inde optume aspellam virum de supero, cum huc accesserit; faciam ut sit madidus sobrius. deinde..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magni peruenit gratius umbras omne quod in superos audet conuicia uolgus Pompeiumque deis obicit, quam pauca Catonis uerba..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...incubuit Magno lacrimasque effudit in omneuolnus, et ad superos obscuraque sidera fatur'non pretiosa petit cumulato ture sepulchraPompeius..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tuere.Pompei nec crimen erit nec gloria bellum.uincis apud superos uotis me, Caesar, iniquis:pugnatur. quantum scelerum quantumque malorumin..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...feralibus aras,umbrarum Ditisque fidem, miseroque liquebatscire parum superos. uanum saeuumque furoremadiuuat ipse locus uicinaque moenia castris 435Haemonidum..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ancipites metuit descendere MartisAppius euentus, finemque expromere rerumsollicitat superos multosque obducta per annosDelphica fatidici reserat penetralia Phoebi. Hesperio..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...domi facio, ni foris quaeram, qui omnes homines supero [atque] antideo cruciabilitatibus animi. iactor [crucior] agitor stimulor, versor..."
