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
- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."