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  • 1 super-fundō

        super-fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere,    to pour over, pour upon, scatter over: magnam vim telorum superfundere, Ta.: superfusis tinguamus corpora lymphis, O.: iacentem hostes superfusi oppresserunt, overwhelming him, L.—Fig.: superfundens se laetitia, extravagant, L.: (Macedonum fama) superfudit se in Asiam, extended, L.: sed nondum fortuna se animo eius superfuderat, i. e. had intoxicated, Cu.

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  • 2 absortio

    victory, overwhelming

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  • 3 mergo

    mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow], to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    aves, quae se in mari mergunt,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 124:

    putealibus undis,

    Ov. Ib. 391:

    Stygia undā,

    id. M. 10, 697:

    prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,

    Tib. 2, 5, 80:

    ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,

    Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15:

    mersa navis omnes destituit,

    Curt. 4, 8, 8:

    mersa carina,

    Luc. 3, 632:

    cum coepisset mergi,

    Vulg. Matt. 14, 30:

    in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,

    Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4:

    naves,

    Eutr. 2, 20:

    partem classis,

    Vell. 2, 42, 2:

    pars maxima classis mergitur,

    Luc. 3, 753 sq.:

    nec me deus aequore mersit,

    Verg. A. 6, 348:

    sub aequora,

    Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753:

    ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,

    bathe, Juv. 6, 523.— Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.:

    sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,

    Ov. Ib. 340:

    mersa rate,

    Juv. 14, 302.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose):

    palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,

    to thrust, push, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

    aliquem ad Styga,

    Sen. Thyest. 1007:

    manum in ora (ursae),

    to thrust into, Mart. 3, 19, 4:

    mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,

    Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447.—Of heavenly bodies, etc.:

    Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,

    sinks into, Cat. 66, 68.—
    2.
    In partic., to hide, conceal:

    mersitque suos in cortice vultus,

    Ov. M. 10, 498:

    vultum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348:

    diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,

    id. Thyest. 771:

    terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,

    Luc. 4, 54. —Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon:

    condere,

    Val. Fl. 2, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown:

    aliquem malis,

    Verg. A. 6, 512:

    funere acerbo,

    to bring to a painful death, id. ib. 11, 28:

    mergi in voluptates,

    to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights, Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    se in voluptates,

    Liv. 23, 18:

    mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57.—Esp. in part. pass.:

    Alexander mersus secundis rebus,

    overwhelmed with prosperity, Liv. 9, 18:

    vino somnoque mersi jacent,

    dead drunk and buried in sleep, id. 41, 3; Luc. 1, 159; cf.:

    lumina somno,

    Val. Fl. 8, 66:

    cum mergeretur somno,

    Vulg. Act. 20, 9.—Esp. of those whose fortune is swallowed up in debts or debauchery: mersus foro, bankrupt, Plaut [p. 1137] Ep. 1, 2, 13:

    aere paterno Ac rebus mersis in ventrem,

    Juv. 11, 39:

    censum domini,

    Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67:

    mergentibus sortem usuris,

    sinking, destroying his capital, Liv. 6, 14:

    ut mergantur pupilli,

    be robbed of their fortune, ruined, Dig. 27, 4, 3:

    mersis fer opem rebus,

    bring aid to utter distress, Ov. M. 1, 380.—Of drinking to excess:

    potatio quae mergit,

    Sen. Ep. 12.

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  • 4 superjacio

    sŭper-jăcĭo, jēci, jectum (superjactus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non 503, 33; Tac. H. 5, 6), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To cast or throw over or upon (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    membra superjectā cum tua veste fovet,

    Ov. H. 16, 222:

    semina de tabulato,

    Col. 2, 17, 2:

    folia,

    id. 2, 1, 6:

    aggerem,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    se rogo,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, 10; 6, 6, 1 fin.:

    ut ille ardentibus tectis superjaceretur,

    id. 3, 2, ext. 7: et superjecto pavidae natarunt Aequore damae, i. e. spread over the earth, overwhelming, Hor. C. 1, 2, 11:

    Phrygia Troadi superjecta,

    situated above Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.—
    * B.
    Trop., to overdo, exaggerate:

    superjecere quidam augendo fidem,

    Liv. 10, 30, 4:

    beneficia ( = superare),

    Sen. Ben. 3, 32 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 4.—
    II.
    To overtop with any thing (very rare):

    pontus scopulos superjacit unda,

    Verg. A. 11, 625:

    arbores tantae proceritatis, ut sagittis superjaci nequeant,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > superjacio

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