supersum

to be superfluous, to remain.

sŭper-sum, fui, esse (old collat. form of the pres. superescit, Enn. and Att. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll.;

per tmesin: jamque adeo super unus eram,

Verg. A. 2, 567:

nihil erat super,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 1), v. n.

To be over and above, either as a remainder or as a superfluity (class. and very freq.; cf. supero, B. 3.).

As a remainder, to be left, to remain, to exist still.

In gen.: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.): inde sibi memorat, unum superesse laborem, id. ap. Gell. 1, 22, 16 (Ann. v. 159 ib.):

duae partes, quae mihi supersunt illustrandae orationis, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 91:

ut nulli supersint de inimicis,

id. Marcell. 7, 21: omnes qui supersint de Hirtii exercitu, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 5:

quid superest de corporibus,

Juv. 3, 259; 1, 35:

ex eo proelio circiter milia hominum CXXX. superfuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

perexigua pars illius exercitūs superest,

id. B. C. 3, 87:

quod Morini Menapiique supererant,

id. B. G. 3, 28:

cum hostes vestri tantum civium superfuturum putassent, quantum, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

quantum satietati superfuit,

id. Verr. 1, 4, 13; cf.:

quantum ipsi superesse potest,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

biduum supererat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23:

non multum ad solis occasum temporis supererat,

id. B. C. 3, 51:

non multum aestatis superesset,

id. B. G. 5, 22:

fessis tantum superesse maris,

Verg. A. 5, 616:

spatia si plura supersint,

id. ib. 5, 325:

deos Ambraciensibus non superesse,

Liv. 38, 43:

nemo superesse quemquam praeter eos credebat,

id. 5, 39:

quod superest, scribe quaeso quam accuratissime, quid placeat,

as for the rest, as to what remains, Cic. Att. 9, 19, 3; Verg. A. 5, 691:

quod superfuit,

Phaedr. 2, epil. 6:

nunc mihi cur cantent, superest Dicere,

it still remains to tell, Ov. F. 3, 675:

superest tercentum messes videre,

id. M. 14, 145; Lact. 1, 6, 6.—With ut and subj., Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 2; Lact. 1, 23, 1.—

In partic., to live after, outlive, to be still alive, to survive (rare):

sicut tuum vis unicum gnatum tuae Superesse vitae sospitem et superstitem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 2: neque deesse neque superesse rei publicae volo, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 5:

Lucumo superfuit patri,

Liv. 1, 34:

fugae,

id. 28, 28:

ne superesset tanto exercitui suum nomen secuto,

id. 27, 49:

dolori,

Ov. M. 11, 703:

cum superessent adhuc qui spectaverant, etc.,

Suet. Claud. 21.—

To be in abundance, to abound (syn. abundo):

cui tanta erat res et supererat,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 19:

tibi, quia superest, dolet,

id. ib. 1, 3, 10:

vereor ne jam superesse mihi verba putes, quae dixeram defutura,

Cic. Fam. 13, 63, 2:

adeo supererunt animi ad sustinendam invidiam,

Liv. 2, 27, 12:

tantum illi ingenii superfuit,

Suet. Tit. 1.— Poet.: modo vita supersit, if life be long enough, suffice, Verg. G. 3, 10:

ne blando nequeant superesse labori,

i. e. to be sufficient for, equal to, id. ib. 3, 127; so,

Veneri,

Col. 4, 27, 8.—

In a bad sense, to be in excess, to be superabundant or superfluous:

ut vis ejus rei, quam definias, sic exprimatur, ut neque absit quicquam neque supersit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 108; cf. Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 22, 5 and 6.—

For adesse, to be present, to serve by being present, to assist: si superesset (opp. sin deesset), Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 56.—Esp., to serve as an advocate:

falsa atque aliena verbi significatio, quod dicitur, hic illi superest, cum dicendum est, advocatum esse, etc.,

Gell. 1, 22, 1.—

To be over or beyond, to be prominent, project, Val. Fl. 6, 760.

sŭpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

Neutr., to go over, to rise above, overtop, surmount.

Lit. (very rare; syn. transcendo): maximo saltu superabit gravidus armatis equus, surmounted, leaped the wall, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 97 Vahl.):

sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

ripis superat mihi atque abundat pectus laetitia meum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6:

jugo superans,

passing over the summit, Verg. A. 11, 514:

superat agger ad auras,

Stat. Th. 4, 458:

(angues) superant capite et cervicibus altis,

Verg. A. 2, 219. —

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To have the upper hand or superiority, to be superior, to overcome, surpass (syn. vinco):

denique nostra superat manus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 80:

quā (sc. virtute) nostri milites facile superabant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14; 1, 40:

numero militum,

Liv. 29, 30, 8; cf.:

numero hostis, virtute Romanus superat,

id. 9, 32, 7:

tantum superantibus malis,

id. 3, 16, 4:

sorte,

id. 38, 36, 10:

victor, superans animis,

Verg. A. 5, 473:

hostes equitatu superare,

Nep. Ages. 3, 6:

unde salo superant venti,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 29:

superat sententia Sabini,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

si superaverit morbus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 3.—

To exceed, be in excess, be superfluous; to be abundant, to abound (syn. supersum):

in quo et deesse aliquam partem et superare mendosum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83:

pecunia superabat? at egebas,

id. Or. 67, 224:

uter igitur est divitior? cui deest an cui superat?

id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

quis tolerare potest, illis divitias superare, nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse?

Sall. C. 20, 11:

cui quamquam virtus, gloria... superabant,

id. J. 64, 1:

quae Jugurthae fesso superaverant,

had been too much for, id. ib. 70, 2:

de eo quod ipsis superat,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

Quinto delegabo, si quid aeri meo alieno superabit et emptionibus,

id. Att. 13, 46, 3:

superabat umor in arvis,

Lucr. 5, 804:

superante multitudine,

Liv. 3, 5:

cum otium superat,

id. 3, 17:

num tibi superat superbia?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 86:

gentis superant tibi laudes,

Tib. 4, 1, 28:

dum superat gregibus juventas,

Verg. G. 3, 63:

si superant fetus,

id. ib. 1, 189: quam facile tunc sit omnia impedire et quam hoc Caesari superet, non te fallit, perh. how exceedingly easy it would have been, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3 dub.—

To be left over, to remain, survive (syn. supersum):

quae superaverint animalia capta, immolant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

quod superaret pecuniae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: quae arma superabunt, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 4; Plaut. Truc. 5, 49:

nihil ex raptis commeatibus superabat,

Liv. 22, 40, 8:

pepulerunt jam paucos superantes,

id. 22, 49, 5:

si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat?

Hor. A. P. 328:

sex superant versus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 57:

pars quae sola mei superabit corporis, ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 17; Plaut. Truc. prol. 20:

superet modo Mantua nobis,

Verg. E. 9, 27: uter eorum vitā superarit, whichever survives, Caes. B. G. 6, 19:

quae superaverint animalia,

id. ib. 6, 17:

quid puer Ascanius? superatne et vescitur aurā?

Verg. A. 3, 339:

captae superavimus urbi,

id. ib. 2, 643; Liv. 29, 7, 7:

quid igitur superat, quod purgemus?

id. 45, 24, 1.—

Act., to go or pass over, rise above; to mount, ascend; to surmount, overtop.

Lit.

In gen.: in altisono Caeli clipeo temo superat Stellas, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll. (Vahl. Enn. p. 119, om. stellas):

tempestas summas ripas fluminis superavit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

ventosum aequor,

Ov. Ib. 591:

fluvium,

Luc. 4, 150:

mare,

Sen. Oet. 128:

pedibus salsas lacunas,

Lucr. 3, 1031:

munitiones,

Liv. 5, 8, 10:

quas (Alpes) nullā dum viā superatas,

id. 5, 34, 6; 21, 26, 4; 21, 30, 5; 21, 38, 1;

23, 45, 3: Tauro monte superato,

id. 35, 13, 4:

montes,

Verg. G. 3, 270:

Alpes cursu,

Luc. 1, 183:

immensa montium juga,

Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

Caucasum,

Curt. 7, 3, 22:

hoc jugum,

Verg. A. 6, 676:

fossas,

id. ib. 9, 314:

summi fastigia tecti Ascensu,

id. ib. 2, 303; cf.:

caprae gravido superant vix ubere limen,

id. G. 3, 317:

retia saltu (vulpes),

Ov. M. 7, 767:

tantum itineris,

to traverse, pass over, Tac. Agr. 33: regionem castrorum, to go past or beyond, Caes. B. C. 1, 69; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

insidias circa ipsum iter locatas,

Liv. 2, 50, 6:

collocatur in eo turris tabulatorum quae superaret fontis fastigium,

but so as to overtop, command, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41:

superat (Parnassus) cacumine nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 317.—

In partic.

Naut. t. t., to sail by or past a place, a promontory, etc.; to double or weather a point, etc.; promontorium, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 244; Auct. B. Afr. 62, 3; Liv. 26, 26, 1; 30, 25, 6; 31, 23, 3; Tac. A. 15, 46 et saep.:

Euboeam,

Nep. Them. 3, 3:

cursu Isthmon,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 5:

intima Regna Liburnorum et fontem Timavi,

Verg. A. 1, 244 Serv.— Poet., transf.: musarum scopulos, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.).—

To rise above, exceed in height:

ut alibi umbilico tenus aqua esset, alibi genua vix superaret,

Liv. 36, 45, 9; cf.: posterior partes superat mensura priores, i. e. exceeds in size, Ov. M. 15, 378.—

Trop., to surpass, excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip in any quality, in value, etc.

In gen.:

non potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 74:

ne sumptus fructum superet,

Varr. R. R. 1, 53:

qui omnes homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3:

virtute, laude, dignitate,

Cic. Planc. 2, 6 sq.:

aut ingenio aut fortunā aut dignitate superari,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

omnes homines constantiā et gravitate,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

doctrinā Graecia nos et omni litterarum genere superabat,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:

auctoritatis pondere et utilitatis ubertate,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; Hirt. B. G. 8, prooem. §

4: aliquem nobilitate,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 56:

Phoebum superare canendo,

Verg. E. 5, 9:

omnes scelere,

Liv. 29, 8:

aliquem dignitate vitae,

Nep. Alcib. 11, 2:

aliquem ingenio, id. Dion, 4, 1: duritiā ferrum,

Ov. H. 2, 137:

vel cursu superare canem vel viribus aprum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

omnes in ceteris artibus,

Nep. Epam. 2, 2:

summam spem civium incredibili virtute,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

non dubitabam, quin hanc epistulam multi nuntii, fama denique esset ipsa tua celeritate superatura,

will outstrip, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to overcome, subdue, conquer, vanquish (syn. debello):

victis hostibus, quos nemo posse superari ratu'st,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 24:

armatos ac victores,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

maximas nationes,

id. ib. 3, 28;

2, 24: quos integros superavissent,

id. B. C. 2, 5:

bello superatos esse Arvernos et Rutenos a Q. Fabio Maximo,

id. B. G. 1, 45:

si Helvetios superaverint Romani,

id. ib. 1, 17:

Massilienses bis proelio navali superati,

id. B. C. 2, 22:

clam ferro incautum superat,

Verg. A. 1, 350:

bello superatus,

Ov. M. 12, 364:

Asiam bello,

Nep. Ages. 4, 3:

tota insula in unā urbe superata est,

Flor. 2, 6.—

Transf., in gen.: quem (C. Curium) nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6 (Ann. v. 220 Vahl.):

in quo (genere officii) etiam si multi mecum contendent, omnes facile superabo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

si erum videt superare amorem,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 7:

hanc (orationem) assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150: si meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit, id. Cat. 4, 11, 23:

injurias fortunae facile veterum philosophorum praeceptis superabat,

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

pareatur necessitati, quam ne dii quidem superant,

which even the gods are not above, not superior to, Liv. 9, 4, 16:

casus omnes,

Verg. A. 11, 244:

superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est,

id. ib. 5, 710:

labores,

id. ib. 3, 368:

difficultates omnes,

Vell. 2, 120, 4:

cum incedendi nimietate jam superarer,

Amm. 19, 8, 6.—Hence, sŭpĕrans, antis, P. a.

Rising high, prominent, high, lofty:

mons superantissimus,

Sol. 2 med. —

Prevailing, predominant:

superantior ignis,

Lucr. 5, 394.

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rĕ-sĭdĕo, sēdi, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo], to sit back, remain sitting anywhere (cf. resisto); to remain behind, to remain, rest, linger, tarry, abide, reside (syn. remaneo; class.).

Lit.:

sine mente animoque nequit residere per artus pars ulla animai,

Lucr. 3, 398:

piger pandi tergo residebat aselli,

Ov. F. 3, 749:

in tergo,

id. M. 10, 124; cf.:

Acidis in gremio (latitans),

resting, id. ib. 13, 787:

in hoc facto de cautibus antro,

residing, id. ib. 1, 575; cf.:

Erycina Monte suo residens,

id. ib. 5, 364:

in villā,

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

si te interfici jussero, residebit in re publicā reliqua conjuratorum manus,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

corvus altā arbore residens,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 4 (but the correct read., Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9, is residamus; v. Madv. ad h. l.).— In perf.:

Lydum patriis in terris resedisse, Tyrrheno datum novas ut conderet sedes,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

in oppido aliquo mallem resedisse, quoad arcesserer,

Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2:

erravitne viā seu lassa resedit, Incertum,

remained behind, Verg. A. 2, 739; cf.:

fessus valle,

id. ib. 8, 232:

lassus in humo,

Ov. A. A. 3, 3, 696:

medio rex ipse resedit Agmine,

id. M. 7, 102:

orba resedit Exanimes inter natos natasque,

id. ib. 6, 301:

saxo resedit Pastor,

id. Tr. 4, 1, 11. — Act. (very rare):

dorsum meum residebat,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 23. —

To sit up, assume a sitting posture (late Lat.):

et resedit qui erat mortuus,

Vulg. Luc. 7, 15. —

Meton., to sit inactive, to remain idle or listless (rare):

artifex cum exprimere vellet Athamantis furorem Learcho filio praecipitato residentis poenitentiā,

sitting listlessly subdued by remorse, Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:

miles residet,

Petr. 112. — Hence, act., to keep or celebrate a holiday:

venter gutturque resident esuriales ferias (v. esurialis),

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 8. — Pass.:

nec vero tam denicales (quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia residentur mortuis) quam ceterorum caelestium quieti dies Feriae nominarentur,

because they are kept in honor of the dead, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55 Creuz (codd. leg. residentur mortui; B. and K. resident mortui; cf.I.supra).—

Trop., to remain behind, remain, be left (a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: resto, supersum); constr most freq., in aliquā re:

in corpore perspicuum est, vel exstincto animo vel elapso, nullum residere sensum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 104; cf. id. Fam. 5, 16, 4:

si ex tanto latrocinio iste unus tolletur, periculum residebit,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

ne quas inimicitias residere in familiis nostris arbitretur,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, § 4; cf.:

in vobis resident mores pristini,

Plaut. Truc. prol. 7:

qui ullas resedisse in te simultatis reliquias senserit,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

si quid amoris erga me in te residet,

id. Fam. 5, 5, 3:

etiam nunc residet spes in virtute tuā,

id. ib. 12, 3, 2:

quorum non in sententiā solum, sed etiam in nutu residebat auctoritas,

id. Sen. 17, 61:

quorum in consilio pristinae residere virtutis memoria videtur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77.—With dat.:

cum horum tectis et sedibus residere aliquod bellum semper videtur,

Cic. Dom. 23, 61.— With apud:

apud me plus officii residere facile patior,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2:

hujus incommodi culpa ubi resideat, facilius possum existimare quam scribere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 3:

si qua (ira) ex certamine residet,

Liv. 40, 7. — Business t. t., to be or remain behind, i. e. to be unaccounted for, in default:

pecunia publica resedit apud aliquem,

Dig. 8, 13, 4, § 3.

sŭper, adj., v. superus.

sŭper, adv. and prep. [Sanscr. upari; Gr. huper; Goth. ufar], above, over (often confounded in MSS. and edd. with supra, q. v.).

Adv., above, on top, thereupon, upon, etc. (rare but class.).

Lit., of place:

Anien infraque superque Saxeus,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 20:

eo super tigna bipedalia, iniciunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

haec super e vallo prospectant Troes,

Verg. A. 9, 168: implenturque super puppes, from above, i. e. by rain, id. ib. 5, 697:

purpureas super vestes... Coniciunt,

id. ib. 6, 221; cf. id. ib. 6, 217:

renes tunicis super conteguntur,

Cels. 3, 1 med.:

imponendum super medicamentum,

id. 6, 19 med. —

Transf.

Of that which is over and above in number or quantity, over, moreover, besides:

satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

enough and to spare, more than enough, Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

satis superque prudentes,

id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:

contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

ut satis superque vixisse videamur,

id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; Liv. 3, 53:

quidque furor valeat, satisque Ac super ostendit,

Ov. M. 4, 430:

poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 65: cui neque apud Danaos usquam locus;

et super ipsi Dardanidae infensi, etc.,

and moreover, and besides, Verg. A. 2, 71:

saevit amor ferri... Ira super,

id. ib. 7, 462:

super talis effundit pectore voces,

id. ib. 5, 482; 11, 670: voto deus aequoris alti Annuerat;

dederatque super, ne saucius ullis Vulneribus fieri posset,

Ov. M. 12, 206; 4, 751; 15, 308; Hor. S. 2, 7, 78; id. Ep. 2, 2, 33; Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

annum agens aetatis sexagensimum ac nonum, superque mensem ac diem septimum,

Suet. Vesp. 24.— With gen. part.:

non operae est satis superque oneris sustinenti res a populo Romano gestas scribere,

Liv. 41, 25, 8:

primoribus, super quam quod dissenserant a consilio, territis etiam duplici prodigio,

besides that, Liv. 22, 3, 14; so,

super quam quod,

id. 27, 20, 10.—

Less freq. of that which is left over, over, left, remaining:

Atheniensibus exhaustis praeter arma et naves nihil erat super,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; cf.:

nec spes ulla super,

Val. Fl. 8, 435:

quid super sanguinis, qui dari pro republicā possit? rogitantes,

Liv. 4, 58, 13:

super tibi erunt, qui dicere laudes tuas cupiant,

Verg. E. 6, 6:

o mihi sola mei super Astyanactis imago,

id. A. 3, 489.

Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above, on the top of, upon, on.

With acc.

Lit., of place or situation:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui, nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

super lateres coria inducuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, §

4: super quas (naves) turrim ad introitum opposuit,

id. ib. 3, 39 Dinter (al. quā):

super vallum praecipitari,

Sall. J. 58, 6; cf.:

cum alii super aliorum capita ruerent,

Liv. 24, 39, 5:

super caput hostium pervenire,

id. 32, 11, 8:

aqua super montium juga concreta,

id. 21, 58, 8:

domos super se ipsos concremaverunt,

id. 21, 14, 4:

cenaculum super aedes datum est,

id. 39, 14, 2:

ad senaculum ac super id curiam,

id. 41, 27, 7:

equi super eum ruentis,

id. 39, 49, 3:

super eam (aspidem) assidere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59:

super theatrum consistere,

Liv. 24, 39, 1:

aquila super carpentum volitans,

id. 1, 34, 8:

illa super terram defecto poplite labens,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

collis erat, collemque super planissima Area,

id. ib. 10, 86:

ut scopulum super duram illidat corticem,

Phaedr. 2, 6, 11:

clatri super aquam emineant,

Col. 8, 17, 10:

super arcem pensiles horti sunt,

Curt. 5, 1, 32:

vestis super genua est,

id. 5, 6, 18:

super pulpitum consulares conlocare,

Suet. Calig. 54.—

Of position or distance, above, beyond: Nomentanus erat super ipsum, Porcius infra, was above him (at table), Hor. S. 2, 8, 23:

Polypercon, qui cubabat super regem,

Curt. 8, 5, 22:

super se collocavit,

Suet. Aug. 43.—Of geographical situation:

super Numidiam Gaetulos accepimus,

beyond Numidia, Sall. J. 19, 5:

super et Garamantas et Indos Proferet imperium,

Verg. A. 6, 795:

super Sunium navigans,

Liv. 28, 8, 11:

sita est super Ambracium sinum,

id. 43, 21, 6:

super Demetriadem promunturium,

id. 31, 46, 7; 43, 21, 6:

qui super Bosporum colunt,

Curt. 6, 2, 13; 7, 6, 12; 8, 1, 7:

Lydia super Ioniam procedit,

extends beyond, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—Of official position ( = supra):

super armamentarium positus,

Curt. 6, 7, 22; Scrib. Comp. 162.—

Transf.

Of time, during, at (postAug.):

de hujus nequitiā omnes super cenam loquebantur,

Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6; 3, 5, 11; 9, 33, 1; cf.:

super vinum et epulas,

Curt. 8, 4, 30; 8, 12, 17; Suet. Aug. 77; id. Caes. 87:

super mensam,

Curt. 7, 4, 7:

super hos divum honores,

i. e. during the sacrifice, Stat. Th. 1, 676; Flor. 4, 2, 69.—

Of that which is over and above a certain number or quantity, over, above, beyond, upon, besides, in addition to (not freq. till after the Aug. period):

quod alii super alios legati venirent speculaturi,

i. e. in rapid succession, constantly, Liv. 42, 25, 8: vox non paene tragoedorum sed super omnes tragoedos, [p. 1804] Quint. 12, 5, 5:

super modum ac paene naturam,

id. 11, 3, 169:

super necessitatem,

id. 9, 3, 46:

famosissima super ceteras fuit cena ei data adventicia,

Suet. Vit. 13:

super veteres amicos,

id. Tib. 55.—With numerals:

super tris modios,

Liv. 23, 12, 1:

super LX. milia,

Tac. G. 33:

super octingentos annos,

id. A. 13, 58:

super quadraginta reos,

Suet. Calig. 38:

super HS. millies,

id. Caes. 26; id. Ner. 30:

senioribus super sexaginta annos in Epirum missis,

Liv. 26, 25, 11; cf.:

super triginta ducibus triumphos decernendos curavit,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames affecit,

Liv. 28, 46, 15:

super tam evidentem tristis ominis eventum, etiam, etc.,

id. 41, 18, 14:

super dotem haec tibi dona accedent,

id. 26, 50, 12; 2, 51, 2:

super solitos honores,

id. 2, 31, 3:

super vota fluere,

beyond all wishes, Tac. H. 3, 48:

super obscena dicta et petulans jurgium,

Phaedr. 3, 11, 2:

dare savia super savia,

kisses upon kisses, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 38:

alii super alios trucidentur,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

vulnus super vulnus,

id. 22, 54, 9:

ut habitationes super pretium libertatis praestarentur,

Dig. 18, 6, 19.—Esp. freq.: super omnia, above all, before all (in Plin. the elder, super omnia and super omnes always at the beginning of the phrase; v. Sillig ad Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62):

talia carminibus celebrant: super omnia Caci Speluncam adiciunt,

Verg. A. 8, 303:

aetas et forma et super omnia Romanum nomen,

Liv. 31, 18, 3; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118; Quint. 12, 9, 12; Ov. M. 6, 526; 8, 677; so,

tu super omnes beatus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; Quint. 12, 5, 5.—

Hence, transf., in gen., for plus quam, amplius quam, more than (late Lat.):

qui amat filium aut filiam super me,

Vulg. Matt. 10, 37; cf.:

dulciora sunt super mel et favum,

id. Psa. 18, 11.—

With abl.

Lit., of place or situation (rare and mostly poet.):

regulae, quae lateres, qui super musculo struantur, contineant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ensis cui super Cervice pendet,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 17:

ligna super foco Large reponens,

id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

parumne campis atque Neptuno super Fusum est Latini sanguinis,

id. Epod. 7, 3:

super Pindo,

id. C. 1, 12, 6:

requiescere Fronde super viridi,

Verg. E. 1, 81. —

Transf.

Of time (cf. supra, A. 2. a.), during, in:

nocte super mediā,

Verg. A. 9, 61; cf.:

Centaurea cum Lapithis rixa super mero Debellata,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 8.—

For the usual de, to indicate respect, reference, upon, about, concerning, respecting (freq. in the ante-class. and after the Aug. period; in Cic. only a few times in his letters; not in Cæs.): nemo antea fecit super tali re cum hoc magistratu utique rem, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 305 Müll.; so Pac. ib.; Plaut. Am. prol. 58; id. Most. 3, 2, 39:

hac super re scribam ad te Rhegio,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

sed hac super re nimis (sc. dixi),

id. ib. 10, 8, 10:

litteras super tantā re exspectare,

Liv. 26, 15, 5:

cura super tali re principum laudata est,

id. 40, 46, 15:

multus eā super re rumor,

Tac. A. 11, 23:

quid nuntias super anu?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

super Euclionis filia,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 2:

super ancillā,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 36:

super amicā,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 133; 3, 6, 33; 4, 2, 25:

quid agendum nobis sit super legatione votivā,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

super tali causā missi,

Nep. Paus. 4:

legare super familia pecuniave sua,

Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

super tali causā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

multa super Priamo rogitans, super Hectore multa,

Verg. A. 1, 750; 4, 233:

super arvorum cultu,

id. G. 4, 559:

mitte civiles super Urbe curas,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

publicus ludus super impetrato Augusti reditu,

id. ib. 4, 2, 42:

decreta super jugandis Feminis,

id. C. S. 18:

consultant bello super,

Sil. 2, 271; 5, 615:

ne super tali scelere suspectum sese haberet,

Sall. J. 71, 5:

super adimendā vitā,

Amm. 14, 7, 12.—

Over and above, besides, beyond (very rare):

modus agri... hortus... fons... Et paulum silvae super his,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3:

excogitatum est super his, ut, etc.,

Amm. 14, 1, 6; Sil. 1, 60.

► In composition, super denotes,

Above, over, of place: supercerno, supercresco, superdo, superemineo, superemorior, superferc, superfluo, superfugio, superfundo, supergredior, superjacio, superimpono, superincumbo, superinduco, supernato, superpono, supersedeo, supersterno, supersto, supervehor, supervenio, etc.—

Less freq., over and above, besides, in addition: superaddo, superbibo, supersum, superstes, superfio.