superstans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →supersto, superstare, supersteti, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stand on top (of) (w/DAT/ABL); stand over (someone prostrate or recumbent);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...altaque in mole tapetum efflantem somno crescentia uina superstans uulnera disiecta rimatur ueste, sed illum infelix sopor admota..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...spirantibus hastas. corpora tunc atque arma simul cumulata superstans incipit (oranti nox et iuga longa resultant): 'diua ferox..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...atque insignibus albis. quem congressus agit campo, lapsumque superstans immolat ingentique umbra tegit, arma Serestus lecta refert umeris..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...proelium cientes novum pugnae conterruit genus; essedis carrisque superstans armatus hostis ingenti sonitu equorum rotarumque advenit et insolitos..."