super

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.

sŭper-cĭlĭum, ii, n. [super and root kal-; Gr. kaluptô; Lat. celāre, to hide, cover; cf. Gr. kulon, epikulion, eyelid; cf. also, Ang.-Sax. hlid; Engl. lid; Germ. Augenlid]:

cilium est folliculus, quo oculus tegitur, unde fit supercilium,

Fest. p. 43 Müll.; Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157.

Lit., the eye-brow (good prose; more freq. in the plur.).

Plur.:

ex superciliorum aut remissione aut contractione facile judicabimus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

supercilia abrasa,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

superiora superciliis obducta sudorem a capite defluentem depellunt,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

nec sedeo duris torva superciliis,

Ov. H. 16 (17), 16:

constricta,

Quint. 1, 11, 10:

torta,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 12:

conjuncta,

Suet. Aug. 79:

usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,

Petr. 126; Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

balenae,

id. 9, 62, 88, § 186; Quint. 11, 3, 78; 11, 3, 79; 11, 3, 160:

mulieres potissimum supercilia sua attribuerunt ei deae (Junoni Lucinae),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 69 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 305 ib.—

Sing.:

altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio,

Cic. Pis. 6, 14:

triste,

Lucr. 6, 1184:

altero erecto, altero composito supercilio,

Quint. 11, 3, 74:

quo supercilio spicit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100:

hirsutum,

Verg. E. 8, 34; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94; Ov. A. A. 3, 201; Juv. 2, 93 al.:

supercilium salit (as a favorable omen),

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105.—

Transf., the prominent part of a thing, the brow, ridge, summit (not ante-Aug.):

clivosi tramitis,

Verg. G. 1, 108:

tumuli,

Liv. 34, 29, 11:

infimo stare supercilio,

at the bottom of the projection, id. 27, 18, 10; cf. Stat. Th. 6, 63: supercilium quoddam excelsum nacti, Auct. B. Afr. 58, 1; Plin. 6, 5, 5, § 17.—In archit., a projecting moulding over the scotia of a column or cornice, Vitr. 3, 3 med.; a threshold, id. 4, 6, 5.—Of the coast of the sea:

supercilia ejus sinistra,

Amm. 22, 8, 8; the shore of a river:

Nili,

id. 14, 8, 5:

Rheni,

id. 14, 10, 6:

fluminis,

id. 17, 9, 1:

amnis,

App. M. 5, p. 169, 34.—

Trop.

The nod, the will:

cuncta supercilio movens,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 8; Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 2, 58.—

Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, sternness, superciliousness (class.; mostly sing.):

supercilium ac regius spiritus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93; id. Sest. 8, 19; id. Red. in Sen. 7, 14; Sen. Ben. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 6, 169; 5, 62:

triste Catonis,

Mart. 11, 2, 1:

pone supercilium,

id. 1, 5, 2:

supercilii matrona severi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 309; cf.:

contegere libidines fronte et supercilio, non pudore et temperantiā,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.

sŭper-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put or place over or upon, to set up (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.

In gen.:

superpositum capiti decus (i. e. pileus),

Liv. 1, 34:

altissimam turrim congestis pilis,

Suet. Claud. 20 fin.:

statuam marmoream Jano,

id. Aug. 31:

villam profluenti,

Col. 1, 5, 4; cf.:

villa colli superposita,

Suet. Galb. 4:

ut omnis materia jugo superponatur,

Col. 4, 25, 4:

vitis, quae uno jugo superponatur,

id. 5, 5, 15:

aegra superpositā membra fovere manu,

Ov. H. 21, 190: desertis Africae duas Aethiopias superponunt, place above or beyond, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43; cf.:

Galatia superposita,

situated above, id. 5, 32, 42, § 146: hominis collo superpositum, Capitol. Max. et Balb. 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 27.— With abl.:

arx asperi montis interruptā planitie superposita,

Amm. 24, 2, 12. —

In partic., medic. t. t., to lay on, apply a plaster or the like, Cels. 5, 26, 35; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 126; 32, 7, 24, § 75:

emplastrum loco dolenti,

Scrib. Comp. 206.—

Trop., to place over or above.

To place or set over, of official station, etc.:

Perperna in maritimam regionem superpositus,

Liv. Fragm. Libr. 91:

ut unus de presbyteris superponeretur ceteris,

Hier. in Ep. ad Tit. 1, 5:

puer super hoc positus officium,

Petr. 56:

T. FLAVIO SVPERPOSITO MEDICORVM,

president, Inscr. Grut. 581, 7.—

To place before, prefer: Stoici volunt superponere [p. 1809] huic etiam aliud genus magis principale, Sen. Ep. 58, 13. —

To place after, postpone:

(ante gesta) levioribus superponenda sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 25:

summum est enim... huic deinde aliquid superpositum,

id. 8, 4, 6; Col. 3, 10, 7.

sŭper-văcānĕus, a, um, adj. [vacuus], over and above what is necessary, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supervacaneous (class.):

vasa,

supernumerary, extra, Cato, R. R. 12:

opus,

i. e. done at leisure hours, Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

litterae,

id. Att. 16, 2, 5:

commemoratio officiorum,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

oratio,

Liv. 22, 39:

defensio Pauli,

id. 45, 37:

iter,

id. 21, 13:

actio,

Just. 11, 12 fin.:

instituta (opp. necessaria),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

quicquid supervacaneum sit, aut usum non habeat, obstare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99; cf.:

omnia ita nata atque ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit,

id. ib. 2, 47, 121:

descriptio omnium corporis partium, in quā nihil inane, nihil sine causā, nihil supervacaneum,

id. ib. 1, 33, 92:

de timore supervacaneum est disserere,

Sall. C. 51, 19; 58, 11:

quin alter consul pro supervacaneo atque inutili habeatur,

Liv. 10, 24.—

* Adv.: sŭper-văcānĕō, uselessly, superfluously. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 3 med.

sŭper-văcānĕus, a, um, adj. [vacuus], over and above what is necessary, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supervacaneous (class.):

vasa,

supernumerary, extra, Cato, R. R. 12:

opus,

i. e. done at leisure hours, Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

litterae,

id. Att. 16, 2, 5:

commemoratio officiorum,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

oratio,

Liv. 22, 39:

defensio Pauli,

id. 45, 37:

iter,

id. 21, 13:

actio,

Just. 11, 12 fin.:

instituta (opp. necessaria),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

quicquid supervacaneum sit, aut usum non habeat, obstare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99; cf.:

omnia ita nata atque ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit,

id. ib. 2, 47, 121:

descriptio omnium corporis partium, in quā nihil inane, nihil sine causā, nihil supervacaneum,

id. ib. 1, 33, 92:

de timore supervacaneum est disserere,

Sall. C. 51, 19; 58, 11:

quin alter consul pro supervacaneo atque inutili habeatur,

Liv. 10, 24.—

* Adv.: sŭper-văcānĕō, uselessly, superfluously. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 4, 3 med.