superorum
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. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →superus, superi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
gods (pl.) on high, celestial deities; those above;
gen. pl. - Entry →superum, superi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
heaven (pl.); heavenly bodies; heavenly things; higher places;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...paruit omnisimperiis non sublato secura pauoreturba, sed expensa superorum et Caesaris ira.procumbunt orni, nodosa inpellitur ilex, 440siluaque Dodones..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuit, sub eodem nomine mansit, inque brevi spatio superorum numine saxa missa viri manibus faciem traxere virorum..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...meum est? mihi Tantalus auctor, cui licuit soli superorum tangere mensas; Pleiadum soror est genetrix mea; maximus Atlas..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuit, sub eodem nomine mansit, inque brevi spatio superorum numine saxa missa viri manibus faciem traxere virorum..."
