superstantem
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.
Examples
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...primum licitum est, statuam ei decreverat rostratae columnae superstantem in parte fori, qua trucidatus est; sed decretum Vespasianus..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...peractis manibus ultrices animam seruabat in iras. utque superstantem pronumque in pectora sensit, erigit occulte ferrum uitaeque labantis..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inanem magnanimus cratera Pholus. stupet obuia leto turba superstantem atque emissi turbine montis obruitur; simul ora uirum, simul..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...loco et cum caede magna in aciem altiore superstantem tumulo impegere. inde Scipio iussis aduersus mediam euadere aciem..."