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  • 1 superior

    ius [compar. к superus ]
    1) вверху расположенный, выше находящийся ( pars collis Cs)
    2) предшествующий, предыдущий, прежний, истекший (dies Cs; tempora Cs)
    superiore nocte C, — в прошлую ночь
    3) ранее упомянутый, первый (из названных) ( genus C);
    5) более высокий, превосходящий

    Латинско-русский словарь > superior

  • 2 discedo

    dis-cēdo, cessī, cessum, ere
    1)
    а) расходиться, разделяться (inter se Nep; Numidae discedunt in duas partes Sl); распадаться, делиться (in duo genera, in tres partes Q); раскрываться, разверзаться ( terra discedit C)
    sulcus vomere discessit Lcn — сошник провёл борозду, т. е. вспахал землю
    б) проясняться (caelum discedit C, V); раскалываться ( omnis Italia animis discessit Sl)
    2) уходить, удаляться (ab aliquo Cs; ex contione Sl; de foro C; finibus O; ad urbem V; in silvas Cs)
    d. ab oppugnatione castrorum Cs — отказаться от осады лагеря
    viduo d. lecto O — оставить вдовье ложе, т. е. вступить в новый брак
    d. ab armis Cs — сложить оружие
    sine detrimento d. Cs — не потерпеть никакого ущерба, счастливо отделаться
    d. in alicujus sententiam L — присоединиться к чьему-л. мнению ( в сенате)
    4) отступать, удаляться, отклоняться, уклоняться (d. a fide et justitia C)
    d. ex (a) vita C (поздн. просто d. Amm, MF) — умереть
    d. ab aliquo (ab aliquā re) C etc. — отвлекаться от кого (чего)-л., т. е. исключить кого-л. (что-л.)

    Латинско-русский словарь > discedo

  • 3 consilium

    cōnsilium, ī, n. (consulo), der Rat, I) aktiv: A) der Rat = die Beratung, Beratschlagung, Beschlußnahme, 1) eig.: consilium u. consilia principum, Liv.: consilia arcana, consilia nocturna, Sall. – adhibere alqm consilio u. alqm od. (bildl.) alqd in consilium, zu Rate, zur Beratung ziehen, Caes. u. Cic.: ire in consilium, sich beraten, Cic.: mittere in consilium, sich beraten lassen, Cic.: habere consilia principum domi, Liv.: consilium habere od. habere coepisse, utrum... an etc., Curt. u. Sen.: alqm od. alqd habere in consilio, jmd. od. etw. zu R. ziehen, seinen Entschluß abhängig machen von jmd. od. etw., Liv., Curt. u.a. (s. Mützell Curt. 3, 5 [13], 12): vestris od. arcanis consiliis interesse, Cic. u. Liv.: non interesse consiliis, Liv. – consilium est de alqa re Carthagini, man hält über etw. B. zu K., Liv.: est res sane magni consilii, Cic.: nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod maioris consilii esset, Cic.: quasi vero consilii sit res, als ob die Sache eine B. erlaubte, Caes.: ergo haec consilii fuerunt, war Gegenstand der Beratung (= hätte man beraten, wohl überlegen müssen), Cic.: quod in eo genere efficere possis tui consilii est, Cic.: id arbitrium negavit sui consilii esse, Nep.: vestrum iam consilium est, non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum, Cic. – Insbes., die Beratung, Sitzung einer Behörde, a) des Senates, gew. consilium publicum (Staatsrat) gen., zB. ad c. publicum convenire, Liv.: c. publicum habere, Cic.: consilii publici participem fieri, Cic. – b) eines Richterkollegiums, viros primarios civitatis multos in consilium advocare, zu einer B. berufen, Cic.: venire in consilium publicae quaestionis, Cic.: adesse in consilio, Cic.: mittere iudices in consilium, die R. zur B. schreiten lassen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: ire in consilium, zur B. schreiten, Cic.: consurgitur in consilium, Cic. – c) eines Magistrates u. seiner Beistände, eines Feldherrn u. seiner Unterbefehlshaber (»der Kriegsrat«), consilium habere, Cic., Caes. u.a.: consilium habere de Histrico bello, Liv.: consilium habere, omnibusne... an, etc., Liv.: esse, adesse alci in consilio, Cic.: dare alqm alci in consilium, zur B. = als Berater, Nep.

    2) meton., der Rat = die Versammlung der beratenden Personen, c. bonorum atque sapientium, Quint.: advocari in consilia amicorum, Quint.: consilium amicorum habere, Nep.: consilium propinquorum (Familienrat) adhibere, Liv.: amicos in consilium rogare, Sen. – bei Dichtern auch v. einer Pers., der Berater, Ratgeber, ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit, Ov. trist. 4, 2, 32: v. weibl. Pers., Clymene Aethraque, quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae, Ov. her. 17, 268; u. so auch Ov. fast. 3, 276. – Insbes.: a) eine beratende Behörde, ein beratendes Kollegium, ein beratender Ausschuß. So v. Senate = das Ratskollegium, die Ratsversammlung (griech. βουλή), gew. c. publicum, Staatsrat, Cic., od. summum c. orbis terrae, u. erklärend, senatus, id est, orbis terrae c., Reichsrat, Cic.: orbis terrae sanctissimum gravissimumque consilium, Cic.: unum liberae civitatis c., senatus, Cic. – c. sanctius, ein engerer Ausschuß des Senates zu Karthago, Liv., u. (= ἀπόκλητοι) der engere Rat der Ätolier, Liv. – consilia sortiri semestria, engere Ausschüsse des Senates, Kommissionen, Suet. – v. Richterkollegium, c. publicum, Staatsrat, Cic.: c. sanctissimum, v. Areopag, Val. Max.: ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis, Cic.: quaesitore consilioque delecto, Cic.: de uno reo consilium cogitur, Quint.: alterna consilia reicere, Cic.: consilium dimittere, Cic. – v. einem engern Rat, Ausschuß der Zentumvirn (da das Richterkollegium der Zentumvirn in vier solcher Ausschüsse zerfiel, die entweder einzeln verschiedene Prozesse od. in Plenarsitzung einen wichtigen Prozeß entschieden), sedebant centum et octoginta iudices; tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur, Plin. ep. 6, 33, 3: omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit, Val. Max. 7, 7, 1. – b) die beratenden Beistände, der Beirat, Rat, des römischen Königs (als Richter), des Prätors (als Einzelrichter), des röm. Feldherrn, des Statthalters, ausländischer Feldherren u. Fürsten, bes. oft Kriegsrat, Kriegsgericht, c. militare, Liv.: c. castrense (Ggstz. patres, der Senat), Liv.: consilii bellici auctores, die Stimmführer im Kriegsrat, Cic. – cum Tatio in regium consilium delegit principes (v. Romulus), Liv.: cognitiones capitalium rerum sine consiliis per se solus exercebat (v. Könige Tarquinius), Liv.: cum consilio causam Mamertinorum cognoscere (v. Prätor), Cic. – consilium convocare, Caes., od. advocare, Liv.: eorum consilium habere, Sall.: consilium dimittere, dimittere atque ablegare, Cic.: rem ad consilium deferre, Caes., od. referre, Nep.: ex consilii sententia in custodiam coniectus, Nep.

    B) der Rat = das Vermögen, eine Sache zu überlegen, die Überlegung, besonnene Klugheit, Einsicht (bes. oft die staatsmännische), u. in Tätigkeit = die besonnene, kluge Berechnung, die Absicht (vgl. Ruhnken Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 2), magnitudo cum animi tum etiam ingenii atque consilii, Cic.: vir magni, maximi consilii, Caes. u. Nep.: homo minimi consilii, Cic.: mulier imbecilli consilii, Cic.: consilii plenus, Plaut. u. Nep.: tam iners, tam nulli consili sum, Ter. Andr. 608 (vgl. Cic. Rosc. com. 48): animal hoc plenum rationis et consilii (vom Menschen), Cic.: barbaris consilium non defuit, Caes.: simul consilium cum re amisisti? hast mit dem Gelde auch den Kopf verloren? Ter.: consilio valere, Cic.: aetate et consilio ceteros anteire, Sall. fr.: acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili, Cic.: ratio bono consilio a dis immortalibus data, mit reiflicher Überlegung, aus gutem Grunde, Cic.: u. so id fecisse bono consilio, Cic. – in bezug auf lebl. Subjj., vis consilii expers, Hor.: quae res in se neque consilium neque modum habet ullum, Ter.

    II) passiv, der Rat, der gefaßt wird u. der jmdm. gegeben wird, a) der Rat, der gefaßt wird, der Ratschluß, Beschluß, Entschluß (die Entschließung), die Maßnahme, Maßregel, Bestrebung, die vorgefaßte Absicht, der gefaßte Gedanke, der Anschlag, der leitende Grundsatz od. die leitenden Grundsätze, der leitende Geist, das leitende Prinzip, das leitende Interesse, auch die getroffene Vorkehrung, das beabsichtigte Beginnen (Ggstz. conatus, factum, u. im Plur. Ggstz. conatus, conata, eventa, acta, facta), α) übh.: consilii auctor, consilii socius, Liv.: administer consiliorum tuorum, Cic. – certus consilii (fest im E.), Sen. de brev. vit. 3, 3. Tac. hist. 2, 46; Ggstz. incertus consilii, Ter. Phorm. 578. Curt. 8, 10 (37), 27, od. dubius consilii, Iustin. 2, 13, 1. – c. amentissimum alcis, Cic.: audax, Liv.: calidum, calidius, Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 24, 2): u. so consilia calida (Ggstz. quieta et cogitata), Cic.: c. callidum, Ter.: consilia certa (Ggstz. incerta), Ter.: clandestinum (Intrige), Caes.: c. crudele, Cic.: consilia domestica (Kabinettsbefehle), Liv.: c. fidele, aus Treue (Anhänglichkeit) hervorgegangen, Liv.: c. infelix (unseliger Gedanke), Liv.: c. immaturum, Liv.: consilia mala, Sen.: consilia mediocria, gewöhnliche, nicht sonderlich gefährliche, Cic.: c. periculosum, Val. Max.: consilia perniciosa rei publicae, Cic.: c. plenum sceleris et audaciae, Cic.: consilia prava, krumme Wege (Ggstz. recta), Liv.: c. stultum, Cic.: consilia subita et repentina, Caes.: c. temerarium, Vell.: c. urbanum, der Beschluß innerer Politik, Cic. – c. aedificationis od. aedificandi, Bauplan, Cic.: regni consilia, Absichten auf Alleinherrschaft, Liv.: belli pacisque consilia, äußere u. innere Politik, Liv.: consilia caedis (Mordanschläge) adversum (gegen) imperatorem, Tac. ann. 6, 8: consilia eorum de tyrannicidio, Plin. 34, 72. – abicere consilium profectionis, Cic., od. aedificandi, Cic., od. mittendi Hannibalis, Liv.: afferre (erteilen) consilium, Liv. u. Curt. – capere consilium, Cic., u. consilium ex tempore od. ex re et ex tempore, Cic.: capere sibi consilium, Caes., u. sibi separatim a reliquis, Caes.: u. bes. capere consilium m. folg. Genet. Gerundii od. Gerundivi, zB. migrandi, Liv.: belli renovandi legionisque opprimendae, Caes.; od. m. folg. Infin., zB. non adesse, Cic.: ex oppido profugere, Caes.; od. m. folg. ut u. Konj., zB. subito consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem, Cic.: temerarium capit consilium, ut nocte Indebili obviam iret, Liv. (s. Weißenb. Liv. 25, 34, 7). – consilium consistit (steht fest), Cic.: coquere secreto ab aliis consilia, Liv.: concoquere clandestina consilia (Ränke schmieden), Liv.: credere alci consilia omnia, Ter. – denudare alci consilium suum, Liv.: detegere consilium, Liv.: deponere adeundae Syriae consilium, Caes.: desistere consilio, Caes.: deterreri ab eo consilio iniquitate loci, Liv.: in quinquagesimum et sexagesimum annum differre sana consilia, Sen. – enuntiare sociorum consilia adversariis, Cic. – est consilium, non est consilium m. folg. Infin. (s. Fabri Sall. Cat. 4, 1 u. Liv. 21, 63, 2), zB. ibi Pomptinium exspectare, Cic.: consilium erat hiemando continuare bellum, Liv.: quos silentio praeterire non fuit consilium, Sall.: m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut filius cum illa habitet apud te, hoc vostrum consilium fuit, Ter. Phorm. 934: ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium, Sall. Iug. 85, 8: consilium esse rati, ut se militibus committerent, Liv. 24, 30, 12. – quid sui consilii sit (was sein Plan sei) proponit od. ostendit, Caes. (s. die Auslgg. zu Caes. b. G. 1, 21, 2): quibus id consilii fuisse, ut etc., Caes. – haesitare inter revertendi fugiendique consilium, Curt.: ipse Romam venirem, si satis consilium quadam de re haberem, hinlänglich mit mir im reinen wäre, Cic. – impedire aedificationis consilium, Cic.: inire consilium multae calliditatis, Ov.: inire consilia occulta, Liv.: inire consilium de morte ac de bonis alcis, Cic.: inire consilia clam de bello, Caes.: inire consilium contra alqm od. contra alcis vitam, Cic.: inire consilium ad eius interfectionem, Lampr. Commod. 4, 1: inire consilium m. folg. Genet. Gerundii od. Gerundivi, zB. occidendi te consilium inivimus, Curt.: inire c. senatus interficiendi, Cic.: inire cum alqo consilia interficiendi Caesaris, Vell.: selten m. folg. Infin., iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere, Nep. Lys. 3, 1: od. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, consilia inibat, quemadmodum etc., Caes. b. G. 7, 43, 5. – scito labare meum consilium, Cic. – minuere consilium suum, von seinem Pl. abgehen, seinen Pl. ändern, Ter.: mutare consilium, Cic. – omnibus alcis consiliis occurrere atque obsistere, Cic.: perimere alcis consilium, gänzlich vereiteln (v. Umständen), Cic.: patefacere consilia, Caes.: patēre consilia tua sentis? Cic.: perficere consilium, Suet. Cal. 56, 1: non paenitet consilii nostri, Cic. – regere omnem rem publicam consilio quodam (nach gewissen Grundsätzen, nach einem gewissen Prinzip), Cic. – omnia utriusque consilia ad concordiam spectaverunt, Cic.: vel suscipere vel ponere vitae necisque consilium, Plin. ep. – his consiliis uti iisdem, von denselben Grundsätzen sich leiten lassen, Cic. – u. sive casu sive consilio (nach dem Ratschluß) deorum immortalium, Caes. – u. so oft Abl. consilio = mit Absicht, absichtlich, si consilio id fecisset, Cic.: bes. m. Ggstz. casu (zufällig), zB. qui casu peccat... qui consilio est nocens, Phaedr.: qui me in consulatu non casu potius existimaret quam consilio fortem fuisse, Cic.; od. m. Ggstz. forte (von ungefähr), zB. pars forte, pars consilio oblati, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 22, 49, 14); od. mit Ggstz. suā sponte (aus freien Stücken, von selbst), zB. secutum suā sponte est, velut consilio petitum esset, ut vilior ob ea regi Hannibal esset, Liv. – ebenso oft privato consilio, privatis consiliis = im Privatinteresse, aus Sonderinteressen, durch selbstgetroffene Maßregeln, auf eigene Hand (Ggstz. publico consilio, publicis consiliis), zB navis privato consilio aministrabatur, Caes.: privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt, Cic.: id suo privato, non publico fecit consilio, Nep.: non publicis magis consiliis quam privatis munire opes, Liv. – nullo publico consilio, durch keinen Beschluß einer gesetzlichen Staatsgewalt, Cic. – β) als milit. t. t., der listige Kriegsplan, die Kriegslist (vollst. consilium imperatorium, Cic., od. consilium imperatoriae artis, Val. Max., griech. στρατήγημα), c. fallax, Liv.: tali consilio proditores perculit, Nep.: singulari nostrorum militum virtuti consilia cuiusque modi Gallorum occurrebant, Caes.

    b) der Rat, der erteilt, die Ansicht, die mitgeteilt wird, die Maßregel, die angeraten wird, der Ratschlag, die Eingebung, inops consilii, Liv.: orba consilio auxilioque (rat- u. hilflos) res Gabina, Liv. – c. bonum, utile, Sen.: fidele, Curt.: minus fidele, Cic.: vetus ac familiare consilium (ein alter R., ein Familienvermächtnis), Liv. – alci consilium dare, Cic.: bonum consilium dare, Sen.: dare alci minus fidele consilium, Cic.: dare alci consilia recta, Ter., Ggstz. prava, Phaedr.: qui dedit mihi consilium ut facerem, Ter. eun. 1045: non deesse alci consilio, Cic.: egere consilii od. consilio (Ggstz. abundare consilio), Cic.: impertire alci aliquid sui consilii, Cic.: iuvare alqm consilio, Cic.: iuvare alqm operā et consilio, operā consilioque, aut opera aut consilio bono, aut consilio aut re, mit Rat u. Tat, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 137); vgl. consilio atque opibus alcis adiuvatur res publica, Cic.: neglegere alcis salutare consilium, Val. Max.: parēre alcis fidelissimis atque amantissimis consiliis, Cic.: petere ab alqo consilium, Cic.: alcis consilia sequi (befolgen), Liv.: spernere alcis consilium, Curt.: alcis consilio uti, Cic.: arbitrio consilioque auris uti, sein Ohr befragen, Gell.: suo consilio uti, seinem Sinne, Kopfe folgen, Caes.

    lateinisch-deutsches > consilium

  • 4 consilium

    cōnsilium, ī, n. (consulo), der Rat, I) aktiv: A) der Rat = die Beratung, Beratschlagung, Beschlußnahme, 1) eig.: consilium u. consilia principum, Liv.: consilia arcana, consilia nocturna, Sall. – adhibere alqm consilio u. alqm od. (bildl.) alqd in consilium, zu Rate, zur Beratung ziehen, Caes. u. Cic.: ire in consilium, sich beraten, Cic.: mittere in consilium, sich beraten lassen, Cic.: habere consilia principum domi, Liv.: consilium habere od. habere coepisse, utrum... an etc., Curt. u. Sen.: alqm od. alqd habere in consilio, jmd. od. etw. zu R. ziehen, seinen Entschluß abhängig machen von jmd. od. etw., Liv., Curt. u.a. (s. Mützell Curt. 3, 5 [13], 12): vestris od. arcanis consiliis interesse, Cic. u. Liv.: non interesse consiliis, Liv. – consilium est de alqa re Carthagini, man hält über etw. B. zu K., Liv.: est res sane magni consilii, Cic.: nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod maioris consilii esset, Cic.: quasi vero consilii sit res, als ob die Sache eine B. erlaubte, Caes.: ergo haec consilii fuerunt, war Gegenstand der Beratung (= hätte man beraten, wohl überlegen müssen), Cic.: quod in eo genere efficere possis tui consilii est, Cic.: id arbitrium negavit sui consilii esse, Nep.: vestrum iam consilium est, non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum, Cic. – Insbes., die Beratung, Sitzung einer Behörde, a) des Senates, gew. consilium publicum
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    (Staatsrat) gen., zB. ad c. publicum convenire, Liv.: c. publicum habere, Cic.: consilii publici participem fieri, Cic. – b) eines Richterkollegiums, viros primarios civitatis multos in consilium advocare, zu einer B. berufen, Cic.: venire in consilium publicae quaestionis, Cic.: adesse in consilio, Cic.: mittere iudices in consilium, die R. zur B. schreiten lassen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: ire in consilium, zur B. schreiten, Cic.: consurgitur in consilium, Cic. – c) eines Magistrates u. seiner Beistände, eines Feldherrn u. seiner Unterbefehlshaber (»der Kriegsrat«), consilium habere, Cic., Caes. u.a.: consilium habere de Histrico bello, Liv.: consilium habere, omnibusne... an, etc., Liv.: esse, adesse alci in consilio, Cic.: dare alqm alci in consilium, zur B. = als Berater, Nep.
    2) meton., der Rat = die Versammlung der beratenden Personen, c. bonorum atque sapientium, Quint.: advocari in consilia amicorum, Quint.: consilium amicorum habere, Nep.: consilium propinquorum (Familienrat) adhibere, Liv.: amicos in consilium rogare, Sen. – bei Dichtern auch v. einer Pers., der Berater, Ratgeber, ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit, Ov. trist. 4, 2, 32: v. weibl. Pers., Clymene Aethraque, quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae, Ov. her. 17, 268; u. so auch Ov. fast. 3, 276. – Insbes.: a) eine beratende Behörde, ein beratendes Kollegium, ein beratender Ausschuß. So v.
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    Senate = das Ratskollegium, die Ratsversammlung (griech. βουλή), gew. c. publicum, Staatsrat, Cic., od. summum c. orbis terrae, u. erklärend, senatus, id est, orbis terrae c., Reichsrat, Cic.: orbis terrae sanctissimum gravissimumque consilium, Cic.: unum liberae civitatis c., senatus, Cic. – c. sanctius, ein engerer Ausschuß des Senates zu Karthago, Liv., u. (= ἀπόκλητοι) der engere Rat der Ätolier, Liv. – consilia sortiri semestria, engere Ausschüsse des Senates, Kommissionen, Suet. – v. Richterkollegium, c. publicum, Staatsrat, Cic.: c. sanctissimum, v. Areopag, Val. Max.: ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis, Cic.: quaesitore consilioque delecto, Cic.: de uno reo consilium cogitur, Quint.: alterna consilia reicere, Cic.: consilium dimittere, Cic. – v. einem engern Rat, Ausschuß der Zentumvirn (da das Richterkollegium der Zentumvirn in vier solcher Ausschüsse zerfiel, die entweder einzeln verschiedene Prozesse od. in Plenarsitzung einen wichtigen Prozeß entschieden), sedebant centum et octoginta iudices; tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur, Plin. ep. 6, 33, 3: omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit, Val. Max. 7, 7, 1. – b) die beratenden Beistände, der Beirat, Rat, des römischen Königs (als Richter), des Prätors (als Einzelrichter), des röm. Feldherrn, des Statthalters, ausländischer Feldherren u. Fürsten, bes. oft Kriegsrat, Kriegsgericht, c.
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    militare, Liv.: c. castrense (Ggstz. patres, der Senat), Liv.: consilii bellici auctores, die Stimmführer im Kriegsrat, Cic. – cum Tatio in regium consilium delegit principes (v. Romulus), Liv.: cognitiones capitalium rerum sine consiliis per se solus exercebat (v. Könige Tarquinius), Liv.: cum consilio causam Mamertinorum cognoscere (v. Prätor), Cic. – consilium convocare, Caes., od. advocare, Liv.: eorum consilium habere, Sall.: consilium dimittere, dimittere atque ablegare, Cic.: rem ad consilium deferre, Caes., od. referre, Nep.: ex consilii sententia in custodiam coniectus, Nep.
    B) der Rat = das Vermögen, eine Sache zu überlegen, die Überlegung, besonnene Klugheit, Einsicht (bes. oft die staatsmännische), u. in Tätigkeit = die besonnene, kluge Berechnung, die Absicht (vgl. Ruhnken Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 2), magnitudo cum animi tum etiam ingenii atque consilii, Cic.: vir magni, maximi consilii, Caes. u. Nep.: homo minimi consilii, Cic.: mulier imbecilli consilii, Cic.: consilii plenus, Plaut. u. Nep.: tam iners, tam nulli consili sum, Ter. Andr. 608 (vgl. Cic. Rosc. com. 48): animal hoc plenum rationis et consilii (vom Menschen), Cic.: barbaris consilium non defuit, Caes.: simul consilium cum re amisisti? hast mit dem Gelde auch den Kopf verloren? Ter.: consilio valere, Cic.: aetate et consilio ceteros anteire, Sall. fr.: acta illa res est animo virili,
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    consilio puerili, Cic.: ratio bono consilio a dis immortalibus data, mit reiflicher Überlegung, aus gutem Grunde, Cic.: u. so id fecisse bono consilio, Cic. – in bezug auf lebl. Subjj., vis consilii expers, Hor.: quae res in se neque consilium neque modum habet ullum, Ter.
    II) passiv, der Rat, der gefaßt wird u. der jmdm. gegeben wird, a) der Rat, der gefaßt wird, der Ratschluß, Beschluß, Entschluß (die Entschließung), die Maßnahme, Maßregel, Bestrebung, die vorgefaßte Absicht, der gefaßte Gedanke, der Anschlag, der leitende Grundsatz od. die leitenden Grundsätze, der leitende Geist, das leitende Prinzip, das leitende Interesse, auch die getroffene Vorkehrung, das beabsichtigte Beginnen (Ggstz. conatus, factum, u. im Plur. Ggstz. conatus, conata, eventa, acta, facta), α) übh.: consilii auctor, consilii socius, Liv.: administer consiliorum tuorum, Cic. – certus consilii (fest im E.), Sen. de brev. vit. 3, 3. Tac. hist. 2, 46; Ggstz. incertus consilii, Ter. Phorm. 578. Curt. 8, 10 (37), 27, od. dubius consilii, Iustin. 2, 13, 1. – c. amentissimum alcis, Cic.: audax, Liv.: calidum, calidius, Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 24, 2): u. so consilia calida (Ggstz. quieta et cogitata), Cic.: c. callidum, Ter.: consilia certa (Ggstz. incerta), Ter.: clandestinum (Intrige), Caes.: c. crudele, Cic.: consilia domestica (Kabinettsbefehle), Liv.: c. fidele, aus Treue (An-
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    hänglichkeit) hervorgegangen, Liv.: c. infelix (unseliger Gedanke), Liv.: c. immaturum, Liv.: consilia mala, Sen.: consilia mediocria, gewöhnliche, nicht sonderlich gefährliche, Cic.: c. periculosum, Val. Max.: consilia perniciosa rei publicae, Cic.: c. plenum sceleris et audaciae, Cic.: consilia prava, krumme Wege (Ggstz. recta), Liv.: c. stultum, Cic.: consilia subita et repentina, Caes.: c. temerarium, Vell.: c. urbanum, der Beschluß innerer Politik, Cic. – c. aedificationis od. aedificandi, Bauplan, Cic.: regni consilia, Absichten auf Alleinherrschaft, Liv.: belli pacisque consilia, äußere u. innere Politik, Liv.: consilia caedis (Mordanschläge) adversum (gegen) imperatorem, Tac. ann. 6, 8: consilia eorum de tyrannicidio, Plin. 34, 72. – abicere consilium profectionis, Cic., od. aedificandi, Cic., od. mittendi Hannibalis, Liv.: afferre (erteilen) consilium, Liv. u. Curt. – capere consilium, Cic., u. consilium ex tempore od. ex re et ex tempore, Cic.: capere sibi consilium, Caes., u. sibi separatim a reliquis, Caes.: u. bes. capere consilium m. folg. Genet. Gerundii od. Gerundivi, zB. migrandi, Liv.: belli renovandi legionisque opprimendae, Caes.; od. m. folg. Infin., zB. non adesse, Cic.: ex oppido profugere, Caes.; od. m. folg. ut u. Konj., zB. subito consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem, Cic.: temerarium capit consilium, ut nocte Indebili obviam iret, Liv. (s. Weißenb. Liv. 25, 34, 7). – consilium consi-
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    stit (steht fest), Cic.: coquere secreto ab aliis consilia, Liv.: concoquere clandestina consilia (Ränke schmieden), Liv.: credere alci consilia omnia, Ter. – denudare alci consilium suum, Liv.: detegere consilium, Liv.: deponere adeundae Syriae consilium, Caes.: desistere consilio, Caes.: deterreri ab eo consilio iniquitate loci, Liv.: in quinquagesimum et sexagesimum annum differre sana consilia, Sen. – enuntiare sociorum consilia adversariis, Cic. – est consilium, non est consilium m. folg. Infin. (s. Fabri Sall. Cat. 4, 1 u. Liv. 21, 63, 2), zB. ibi Pomptinium exspectare, Cic.: consilium erat hiemando continuare bellum, Liv.: quos silentio praeterire non fuit consilium, Sall.: m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut filius cum illa habitet apud te, hoc vostrum consilium fuit, Ter. Phorm. 934: ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium, Sall. Iug. 85, 8: consilium esse rati, ut se militibus committerent, Liv. 24, 30, 12. – quid sui consilii sit (was sein Plan sei) proponit od. ostendit, Caes. (s. die Auslgg. zu Caes. b. G. 1, 21, 2): quibus id consilii fuisse, ut etc., Caes. – haesitare inter revertendi fugiendique consilium, Curt.: ipse Romam venirem, si satis consilium quadam de re haberem, hinlänglich mit mir im reinen wäre, Cic. – impedire aedificationis consilium, Cic.: inire consilium multae calliditatis, Ov.: inire consilia occulta, Liv.: inire consilium de morte ac de bonis alcis, Cic.: inire consilia clam de bello, Caes.: inire consilium
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    contra alqm od. contra alcis vitam, Cic.: inire consilium ad eius interfectionem, Lampr. Commod. 4, 1: inire consilium m. folg. Genet. Gerundii od. Gerundivi, zB. occidendi te consilium inivimus, Curt.: inire c. senatus interficiendi, Cic.: inire cum alqo consilia interficiendi Caesaris, Vell.: selten m. folg. Infin., iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere, Nep. Lys. 3, 1: od. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, consilia inibat, quemadmodum etc., Caes. b. G. 7, 43, 5. – scito labare meum consilium, Cic. – minuere consilium suum, von seinem Pl. abgehen, seinen Pl. ändern, Ter.: mutare consilium, Cic. – omnibus alcis consiliis occurrere atque obsistere, Cic.: perimere alcis consilium, gänzlich vereiteln (v. Umständen), Cic.: patefacere consilia, Caes.: patēre consilia tua sentis? Cic.: perficere consilium, Suet. Cal. 56, 1: non paenitet consilii nostri, Cic. – regere omnem rem publicam consilio quodam (nach gewissen Grundsätzen, nach einem gewissen Prinzip), Cic. – omnia utriusque consilia ad concordiam spectaverunt, Cic.: vel suscipere vel ponere vitae necisque consilium, Plin. ep. – his consiliis uti iisdem, von denselben Grundsätzen sich leiten lassen, Cic. – u. sive casu sive consilio (nach dem Ratschluß) deorum immortalium, Caes. – u. so oft Abl. consilio = mit Absicht, absichtlich, si consilio id fecisset, Cic.: bes. m. Ggstz. casu (zufällig), zB. qui casu peccat... qui consilio est nocens, Phaedr.: qui
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    me in consulatu non casu potius existimaret quam consilio fortem fuisse, Cic.; od. m. Ggstz. forte (von ungefähr), zB. pars forte, pars consilio oblati, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 22, 49, 14); od. mit Ggstz. suā sponte (aus freien Stücken, von selbst), zB. secutum suā sponte est, velut consilio petitum esset, ut vilior ob ea regi Hannibal esset, Liv. – ebenso oft privato consilio, privatis consiliis = im Privatinteresse, aus Sonderinteressen, durch selbstgetroffene Maßregeln, auf eigene Hand (Ggstz. publico consilio, publicis consiliis), zB navis privato consilio aministrabatur, Caes.: privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt, Cic.: id suo privato, non publico fecit consilio, Nep.: non publicis magis consiliis quam privatis munire opes, Liv. – nullo publico consilio, durch keinen Beschluß einer gesetzlichen Staatsgewalt, Cic. – β) als milit. t. t., der listige Kriegsplan, die Kriegslist (vollst. consilium imperatorium, Cic., od. consilium imperatoriae artis, Val. Max., griech. στρατήγημα), c. fallax, Liv.: tali consilio proditores perculit, Nep.: singulari nostrorum militum virtuti consilia cuiusque modi Gallorum occurrebant, Caes.
    b) der Rat, der erteilt, die Ansicht, die mitgeteilt wird, die Maßregel, die angeraten wird, der Ratschlag, die Eingebung, inops consilii, Liv.: orba consilio auxilioque (rat- u. hilflos) res Gabina, Liv. – c. bonum, utile, Sen.: fidele, Curt.: minus fidele, Cic.:
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    vetus ac familiare consilium (ein alter R., ein Familienvermächtnis), Liv. – alci consilium dare, Cic.: bonum consilium dare, Sen.: dare alci minus fidele consilium, Cic.: dare alci consilia recta, Ter., Ggstz. prava, Phaedr.: qui dedit mihi consilium ut facerem, Ter. eun. 1045: non deesse alci consilio, Cic.: egere consilii od. consilio (Ggstz. abundare consilio), Cic.: impertire alci aliquid sui consilii, Cic.: iuvare alqm consilio, Cic.: iuvare alqm operā et consilio, operā consilioque, aut opera aut consilio bono, aut consilio aut re, mit Rat u. Tat, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 137); vgl. consilio atque opibus alcis adiuvatur res publica, Cic.: neglegere alcis salutare consilium, Val. Max.: parēre alcis fidelissimis atque amantissimis consiliis, Cic.: petere ab alqo consilium, Cic.: alcis consilia sequi (befolgen), Liv.: spernere alcis consilium, Curt.: alcis consilio uti, Cic.: arbitrio consilioque auris uti, sein Ohr befragen, Gell.: suo consilio uti, seinem Sinne, Kopfe folgen, Caes.

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  • 5 consilium

    consĭlĭum, ii, n. [from con and root sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. consul], deliberation, consultation, a considering together, counsel (cf. concilium; very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Prop.:

    consulta sunt consilia,

    are finished, at an end, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7:

    quid in consilio consuluistis?

    id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl:

    consilium volo capere unā tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66:

    neque pol consili locum habeo neque ad auxilium copiam,

    id. And. 2, 1, 20:

    cum aliquo consilia conferre,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. confero, I. B.):

    saepe in senatu consilia versata sunt,

    Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2:

    quasi vero consilii sit res, et non necesse sit, etc.,

    as if the matter were yet open for deliberation, Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2:

    quid efficere possis, tui consilii est,

    is for you to consider, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2:

    vestrum jam consilium est. non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 1: quid aetati credendum sit, quid nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.:

    nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod majoris consilii esset,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 3:

    in consilio habere,

    Quint. 8, 2, 23:

    fit publici consilii particeps,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4:

    nocturna,

    Sall. C. 42, 2:

    arcanis ut interesset,

    Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    In abstr.
    1.
    A conclusion made with consideration, a determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

    consilium est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata ratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31:

    certum,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

    callidum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 10:

    ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    aliquid communi consilio agere,

    id. ib.:

    consilium communicaverunt perfeceruntque,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    aedificandi consilium abicere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4:

    deponere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the purpose. as opp. to the act, etc.:

    quod initio scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo quam ex eventu homines esse facturos,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

    quasi exitus rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur,

    id. Mil. 7, 19:

    mentem peccare, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse,

    Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often with epithets characterizing the person who forms the purpose, etc.:

    amentissimum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.:

    audax,

    Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13:

    fortissima cousilia,

    id. 25, 38, 18:

    fidele,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8:

    providens,

    Gell. 3, 7, 8:

    malum,

    id. 4, 5, 5:

    temerarium,

    Vell. 2, 120, 2:

    incautum,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    lene,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 41:

    praeceps,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    repudio quod consilium primum intenderam,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

    eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1:

    quo consilio huc imus?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1;

    also: hoc consilio ut,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 3: privato consilio, on one's own account (opp. publico consilio, in the name or behalf of the state):

    qui contra consulem privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, intentionally, designedly:

    casu potius quam consilio,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

    consul, seu forte, seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit,

    Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—
    b.
    Esp. in the phrases,
    (α).
    Consilium capere, to form a purpose or plan, to resolve, decide, determine:

    neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine istac,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: consilium capere with a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. with gen.:

    profectionis et reversionis meae,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut:

    capio consilium, ut senatum congerronum convocem,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8:

    consilium ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut nomen hujus deferrent,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

    consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem,

    id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And with inf.:

    consilium cepit... iter in urbem patefacere,

    Liv. 44, 11, 7:

    hominis fortunas evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

    Heraclius capit consilium... non adesse ad judicium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    ex oppido profugere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    In the same sense, inire consilium, with similar construction:

    inita sunt consilia urbis delendae,

    Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81:

    regni occupandi consilium inire,

    Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5:

    jus gentium cujus violandi causā consilium initum erat,

    id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4:

    sceleris conandi consilia inierat,

    Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6:

    Graeci consilium ineunt interrumpendi pontis,

    Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48:

    iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere,

    Nep. Lys. 3, 1:

    consilia inibat, quemadmodum, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

    de bello consilia inire incipiunt,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    cum de recuperandā libertate consilium initum videretur,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    consilia inita de regno,

    Liv. 4, 15, 4:

    atrox consilium init, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 41.—
    (γ).
    Freq. consilium est, with and without inf., I purpose:

    ita facere,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely with ut:

    ut filius Cum illà habitet... hoc nostrum consilium fuit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41:

    ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium,

    Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.:

    quid sui consilii sit, ostendit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,
    c.
    In partic., in milit. lang., a warlike measure, device, stratagem: consilium imperatorium quod Graeci stratêgêma appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; so Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Nep. Dat. 6, 8; id. Iphicr. 1, 2; cf.:

    opportunus consiliis locus (= insidiis),

    Quint. 5, 10, 37.—
    d.
    With special reference to the person for whose advantage a measure is devised, counsel, advice:

    tu quidem antehac aliis solebas dare consilia mutua,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 98; so,

    dare,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quid das consili?

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 93:

    Cethegum minus ei fidele consilium dedisse,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 85:

    vos lene consilium datis,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 41; 3, 5, 45 et saep.:

    juvabo aut re aut operā aut consilio bono,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17;

    imitated by Ter.: aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34 (quoted ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 4); cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; 15, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 31, 3:

    te hortor ut omnia moderere prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    sin aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 9:

    consiliis, non curribus utere nostris,

    Ov. M. 2, 146:

    facile ratio tam salubris consilii accepta est,

    Curt. 3, 7, 10:

    saniora consilia pati,

    id. 4, 1, 9.—
    2.
    As a mental quality, understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence:

    et dominari in corpore toto Consilium quod nos animum mentemque vocamus,

    Lucr. 3, 139; 3, 450:

    acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

    Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; cf. id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    ut popularis cupiditas a consilio principum dissideret,

    id. Sest. 49, 103:

    majore studio quam consilio ad bellum proficisci,

    Sall. H. 2, 96, 4 Dietsch:

    res forte quam consilio melius gestae,

    id. J. 92, 6:

    quae quanto consilio gerantur, nullo consilio adsequi possumus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    simul consilium cum re amisisti?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; cf.:

    miseros prudentia prima relinquit, Et sensus cum re consiliumque fugit,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 48:

    mulieres omnes propter infirmitatem consilii majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

    vir et consilii magni et virtutis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

    cum plus in illo senili animo non consilii modo sed etiam virtutis esse dicerent,

    Liv. 4, 13, 13; so,

    tam iners, tam nulli consili Sum,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 2:

    est hoc principium improbi animi, miseri ingenii, nulli consilii,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48:

    omnes gravioris aetatis, in quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 6, 40:

    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 27:

    quae res in se neque consilium neque modum Habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13. —
    b.
    Poet., transf., of inanim. things:

    consilii inopes ignes,

    indiscreet, Ov. M. 9, 746:

    vis consili expers,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 65; id. S. 2, 3, 266.—
    B.
    In concr., the persons who deliberate, a council; of the Roman senate:

    senatum, id est orbis terrae consilium, delere gestit,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 6, 14; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. de Or. 2, 82, 333; id. Sest. 65, 137:

    summum consilium orbis terrae,

    id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Liv. 1, 8, 7; 23, 22, 2; Vell. 1, 8, 6:

    di prohibeant, ut hoc, quod majores consilium publicum vocari voluerunt, praesidium sectorum existimetur,

    i. e. a court of justice, Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf.:

    qui ex civitate in senatum propter dignitatem, ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis propter severitatem,

    id. ib. 3, 8.—Of the division of the centumviri, who sat for ordinary cases in four consilia:

    sedebant centum et octoginta judices, tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2:

    omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit,

    Val. Max. 7, 7, 1:

    Galba consilio celeriter convocato sententias exquirere coepit,

    a council of war, Caes. B. G. 3, 3; cf.:

    consilio advocato,

    Liv. 25, 31, 3; 43, 22, 9 al.:

    castrense,

    id. 44, 35, 4:

    mittunt (Carthaginienses) triginta seniorum principes: id erat sanctius apud illos consilium,

    id. 30, 16, 3; cf. id. 35, 34, 2:

    consilium Jovis,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 6:

    bonorum atque sapientium,

    Quint. 3, 8, 2 al. —
    b.
    Facetiously:

    paulisper tace, Dum ego mihi consilia in animum convoco, et dum consulo,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 44.—
    c.
    (Acc. to II. A. [p. 433] 1. c.) A counsellor:

    ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 32:

    Clymene, Aethraque, Quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae,

    id. H. 16 (17), 268; id. F. 3, 276.

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  • 6 discedo

    discēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum - intr. -    - parf. sync. discesti Plaut. As. 251; discesse Fort. Mart 4, 352 II part. pass. avec sens actif, custodibus discessis Cael. Antip. d. Prisc. 8, 49, les gardes s'étant retirés. [st1]1 [-] s'en aller de côté et d'autre, se séparer, se diviser.    - senatus consultum factum est ut sodalitates discederent, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5: un sénatus consulte ordonna que toutes les associations eussent à se dissoudre.    - populus ex contione discessit, Sall. J. 34, 2: le peuple, l'assemblée finie, se dispersa.    - in duas partes discedunt Numidae, Sall. J. 13, 1: les Numides se divisent en deux partis.    - cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 38: la terre s'étant entrouverte à la suite de grandes pluies.    - cf. Div. 1, 97; 1, 99. [st1]2 [-] se séparer [d'un tout, d'un groupe dont on faisait partie].    - ab amicis discedere, Cic. Lael. 42: se séparer de ses amis (rompre avec...).    - cf. Caes. BC. 3, 60, 3. [st1]3 [-] s'éloigner de.    - ab aliquo discedere, Caes. BG. 4, 12, 1: s'éloigner de qqn, quitter qqn. --- cf. Cic. Lael. 1.    - a vallo discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 37, 3: quitter le retranchement.    - cf. Caes. BG. 5, 8, 6 ; 5, 34, 1.    - e Gallia discedere, Cic. Phil. 8, 21: sortir de Gaule.    - ex hibernis dicedere, Caes. BG. 5, 23, 3: quitter le cantonnement.    - de foro discedere, Cic. Verr. 4, 147: quitter le forum.    - de praediis discedere, Cic. Amer. 79: sortir de ses propriétés.    - Capuā discedere, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: quitter Capoue.    - templo discedere, Ov. M. 1, 381: quitter le temple. [st1]4 [-] se retirer du combat [vainqueur ou vaincu].    - superiores discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 47, 1: sortir vainqueurs. --- cf. BC. 3, 47. 5.    - sine detrimento discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 46, 6: se retirer sans dommage.    - a signis discedere, Caes. BG. 5, 16, 1; BC. 1, 341: quitter les enseignes = rompre les manipules, se débander, fuir.    - [mais Liv. 25, 20, 4, déserter]. [st1]5 [-] s'en aller du tribunal; se tirer d'affaire.    - superior discedit, Cic. Caec. 2: il sort victorieux du procès. --- cf. Br. 229.    - si istius haec tanta injuria impunita discesserit, Cic. Verr. 4, 68: si l'injustice si grande commise par cet homme sort impunie de ces débats.    - qui resisterunt, discedunt saepissime superiores, Cic. Tusc. 2: ceux qui ont résisté s'en vont en général en vainqueurs.    - discessit liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: il fut renvoyé absous.    - impunita (tanta injuria) discedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30: un si grand attentat reste impuni.    - Hercules, qui deus sis, sane discessisti non bene, Plaut. Stich. 395: Hercules, bien que tu sois dieu, tu ne t'en es pas bien tiré.    - cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4 ; 2, 21, 6. [st1]6 [-] fig. s'écarter de.    - ab officio dicedere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 2: se départir de son devoir, manquer à son devoir.    - a sua sententia discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 2. 5: renoncer à son opinion.    - a ratione discedere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 42: s'écarter de la raison.    - ab oppugnatione castrorum discedere, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 3: abandonner le siège d'un camp.    - quartana a te discessit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4: la fièvre quarte t'a quitté.    - numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic. Rep. 6, 9: jamais le souvenir de cet homme ne sort de ma mémoire.    - hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. BG 2, 7, 2: pour l'ennemi, l'espoir de prendre la ville s'en alla.    - a vita (ex vita) discedere, Cic.: quitter la vie, mourir.    - absol. dilatato vulneris hiatu discessit, Amm. 29: sa plaie s'étant rouverte et élargie, il mourut. [st1]7 [-] se porter vers une opinion.    - in alicujus sententiam discedere, Sall. C. 55, 1: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - cf Liv. 3, 41, 1; 28, 45, 5, etc.    - in alia omnia discessit (senatus), Cic. Fam. 19, 12, 3: (le sénat) se rangea à un tout autre avis.    - ultimum senatus consultum, quo... numquam ante discessum est, Caes. BC. 1, 5, 3: le sénatus consulte, ultime mesure à laquelle on n'en est jamais venu auparavant... [st1]8 [-] faire abstraction de.    - cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18, [je t'assure] que, vous exceptés, il n'y a personne...    - cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 5: à part l'affection que me porte mon frère.
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    discēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum - intr. -    - parf. sync. discesti Plaut. As. 251; discesse Fort. Mart 4, 352 II part. pass. avec sens actif, custodibus discessis Cael. Antip. d. Prisc. 8, 49, les gardes s'étant retirés. [st1]1 [-] s'en aller de côté et d'autre, se séparer, se diviser.    - senatus consultum factum est ut sodalitates discederent, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5: un sénatus consulte ordonna que toutes les associations eussent à se dissoudre.    - populus ex contione discessit, Sall. J. 34, 2: le peuple, l'assemblée finie, se dispersa.    - in duas partes discedunt Numidae, Sall. J. 13, 1: les Numides se divisent en deux partis.    - cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 38: la terre s'étant entrouverte à la suite de grandes pluies.    - cf. Div. 1, 97; 1, 99. [st1]2 [-] se séparer [d'un tout, d'un groupe dont on faisait partie].    - ab amicis discedere, Cic. Lael. 42: se séparer de ses amis (rompre avec...).    - cf. Caes. BC. 3, 60, 3. [st1]3 [-] s'éloigner de.    - ab aliquo discedere, Caes. BG. 4, 12, 1: s'éloigner de qqn, quitter qqn. --- cf. Cic. Lael. 1.    - a vallo discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 37, 3: quitter le retranchement.    - cf. Caes. BG. 5, 8, 6 ; 5, 34, 1.    - e Gallia discedere, Cic. Phil. 8, 21: sortir de Gaule.    - ex hibernis dicedere, Caes. BG. 5, 23, 3: quitter le cantonnement.    - de foro discedere, Cic. Verr. 4, 147: quitter le forum.    - de praediis discedere, Cic. Amer. 79: sortir de ses propriétés.    - Capuā discedere, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: quitter Capoue.    - templo discedere, Ov. M. 1, 381: quitter le temple. [st1]4 [-] se retirer du combat [vainqueur ou vaincu].    - superiores discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 47, 1: sortir vainqueurs. --- cf. BC. 3, 47. 5.    - sine detrimento discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 46, 6: se retirer sans dommage.    - a signis discedere, Caes. BG. 5, 16, 1; BC. 1, 341: quitter les enseignes = rompre les manipules, se débander, fuir.    - [mais Liv. 25, 20, 4, déserter]. [st1]5 [-] s'en aller du tribunal; se tirer d'affaire.    - superior discedit, Cic. Caec. 2: il sort victorieux du procès. --- cf. Br. 229.    - si istius haec tanta injuria impunita discesserit, Cic. Verr. 4, 68: si l'injustice si grande commise par cet homme sort impunie de ces débats.    - qui resisterunt, discedunt saepissime superiores, Cic. Tusc. 2: ceux qui ont résisté s'en vont en général en vainqueurs.    - discessit liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: il fut renvoyé absous.    - impunita (tanta injuria) discedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30: un si grand attentat reste impuni.    - Hercules, qui deus sis, sane discessisti non bene, Plaut. Stich. 395: Hercules, bien que tu sois dieu, tu ne t'en es pas bien tiré.    - cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4 ; 2, 21, 6. [st1]6 [-] fig. s'écarter de.    - ab officio dicedere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 2: se départir de son devoir, manquer à son devoir.    - a sua sententia discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 2. 5: renoncer à son opinion.    - a ratione discedere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 42: s'écarter de la raison.    - ab oppugnatione castrorum discedere, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 3: abandonner le siège d'un camp.    - quartana a te discessit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4: la fièvre quarte t'a quitté.    - numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic. Rep. 6, 9: jamais le souvenir de cet homme ne sort de ma mémoire.    - hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. BG 2, 7, 2: pour l'ennemi, l'espoir de prendre la ville s'en alla.    - a vita (ex vita) discedere, Cic.: quitter la vie, mourir.    - absol. dilatato vulneris hiatu discessit, Amm. 29: sa plaie s'étant rouverte et élargie, il mourut. [st1]7 [-] se porter vers une opinion.    - in alicujus sententiam discedere, Sall. C. 55, 1: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - cf Liv. 3, 41, 1; 28, 45, 5, etc.    - in alia omnia discessit (senatus), Cic. Fam. 19, 12, 3: (le sénat) se rangea à un tout autre avis.    - ultimum senatus consultum, quo... numquam ante discessum est, Caes. BC. 1, 5, 3: le sénatus consulte, ultime mesure à laquelle on n'en est jamais venu auparavant... [st1]8 [-] faire abstraction de.    - cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18, [je t'assure] que, vous exceptés, il n'y a personne...    - cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 5: à part l'affection que me porte mon frère.
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        Discedo, discedis, pen. prod. discessi, discessum, discedere, Recedere: vt Discedere Roma. Cic. Se partir et s'en aller.
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        Discedere cubitum. Cic. S'en aller coucher.
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        Non discedere ab aliquo. Cic. Ne bouger d'avec aucun, L'accompaigner tousjours, et ne le laisser jamais.
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        Discedere ab amicis. Cic. Se departir de l'amitié d'aucun.
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        Discedere ab armis. Caes. Laisser les armes et s'en retourner chascun en son hostel.
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        Discedere a consuetudine alicuius populi. Cic. Contrevenir à la coustume, Venir et faire contre la commune observance et coustume d'un peuple.
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        E conspectu discedere. Cic. Se partir de la presence d'aucun.
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        Discedere a defendendis hominibus et subleuandis. Cic. Laisser à aider et defendre.
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        Non discedere digitum a re aliqua. Cic. Sub. latum. Ne s'en esloingner nullement, S'en tenir tousjours pres.
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        In duas factiones ciuitas discessit. Tacit. Est divisee.
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        A sperata alicuius rei gloria discedere. Cic. Perdre esperance.
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        Discedere a jure. Cic. Ne se gouverner et reigler plus selon le droict et les loix.
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        Vno verbo discedere a libro. Cic. Faillir d'un mot à dire comme il est dedens son livre.
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        Nunquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria. Cic. Jamais je ne perds la souvenance de luy, J'ay tousjours memoire de luy, Il me souvient tousjours de luy, Il n'est jamais qu'il ne me souvienne de luy.
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        A mente atque a se discedere. Cic. Sortir hors de son sens.
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        Discessit mos. Plin. La coustume n'est plus.
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        Discedamus a nobis. Cic. Ne parlons plus de nous, Laissons à parler de nous.
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        Discedere ab officio. Cic. Ne faire plus son debvoir.
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        Discedere in aliquam opinionem. Cic. Se ranger à quelque opinion.
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        Discedere in alia omnia, pro Dissentire. Cic. Estre d'opinion contraire, Opiner au contraire.
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        Discedunt in duas partes. Sallust. Se divisent et separent en deux bandes.
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        Negat vnquam se a te pedem discessisse. Cic. Il nie qu'il bougeast jamais le pied d'avec toy, Il dit qu'il ne s'esloingna jamais de toy la longueur d'un pied.
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        Audiui quartanam a te discessisse. Cic. J'ay ouy dire que la fievre quarte t'a laissé, S'en est allee.
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        A re discedere. Cic. Sortir hors du propos.
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        Discedere a vel de sententia. Caesar. Cic. Changer d'opinion.
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        A sese discedere. Cic. S'oublier soymesme, et sortir hors de son sens.
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        Signis discedere haud licitum. Sil. Il n'est point licite à un homme de guerre de se partir d'avec son enseigne.
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        Discedere superiorem. Cic. S'en aller vainqueur.
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        Discedere inferiorem. Cic. S'en aller vaincu.
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        A vita discedere. Cic. Mourir.
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        Discedit vsusfructus a persona. Modestin. L'usufruict se perd et se depart de celuy à qui il estoit.
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        Quum discessi a te, nemo mihi illo charior. Cic. Apres toy je l'aime plus que nul autre.
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        Amoris vero erga te mei, quum a fraterno amore, domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero. Cic. Apres mon frere, il n'en y a point que j'aime tant que toy.
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        Sic, vt quum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum. Cic. Tellement que apres cestuy là, ils n'en ont point de plus prochain que moy.
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        Discedere terra dicitur. Cic. Se fendre, S'ouvrir.
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        Discedit caelum. Cic. Quand il s'ouvre et se fend, ou semble se fendre, comme quand il esclaire.
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        Discedatur, impersonale. Cic. Qu'on s'en aille.
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        Disceditur in eam sententiam. Liu. On suit ceste opinion.
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        Discessum est. Liu. On s'est departi.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > discedo

  • 7 discedo

    dis-cēdo, cessī, cessum, ere, I) auseinander gehen, sich trennen, sich teilen, in duas partes, Sall.: inter se, Nep.: in manipulos, Tac. – v. Lebl., discedit terra, Cic.: caelum discedit, d.i. trennt sich, öffnet sich, Cic. de div. 1, 97 u. 99; dah. er heitert sich auf, Verg. Aen. 9, 20. – übtr., a) grammat. od. logisch zerfallen, ab uno capite in duo obliquos casus (Ggstz. in unum confluere), Varro LL.: in duo genera, Quint.: in tres partes, Quint. – b) politisch sich spalten, omnis Italia animis discedit, Sall. hist. fr. inc. 2 (hist. fr. 1, 16). – II) fort-, weg-, abgehen, sich entfernen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: ab ero, Plaut.: a Caesare, Caes.: de foro, Cic.: de convivio, Cic.: e Gallia, Cic.: e patria, Ov.: e medio, sich verbergen, verstecken, Suet.: m. bl. Abl., finibus, templo, Ov.: Capuā, Cic. – impers., a contione disceditur, Caes.: absol., Caes. – v. Lebl., calx ab arena discedit, löst sich ab, Vitr.: ebenso squamae ex summa cute discedunt, Cels.: quartana ab alqo discedit, weicht, Cic.: discessit (schied) sol, Ambros.: u. so sol discedens, Hor. – mit Angabe wohin? = wohin gehen, sich begeben, in silvas, ex fuga in civitates, Caes.: ad urbem, Verg.: ex castris domum, Caes.: domos suas, Nep.: m. 1. Supin., cubitum, Cic.: unpers., quietum disceditur, Dict. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t.t.: α) = von wo abgehen, abziehen, abmarschieren, a Brundisio, Caes.: ex hibernis, Caes.: Tarracone, Caes.: absol., dispersi discedunt, Caes. – ab signis, die Schlachtordnung verlassen, Caes.: ab armis, die Waffen niederlegen, Caes.: a bello, sich vom Kriegsschauplatze entfernen, Caes. – β) = aus einem Kampfe irgendwie (als Sieger, besiegt usw.) abziehen, wegkommen, davonkommen, superior discedit, Caes. u. Nep.: u. (vor Gericht, Ggstz. inferior est in agendo) Cic.: victor discedit, Amm.: maximarum gentium victor discedit, Caes.: victus discedit, Sall.: graviter vulneratus discedit, Sall.: aequo Marte cum Volscis, der Kampf mit den Volskern blieb unentschieden, Liv.: sine detrimento, Caes.: infectā re, Caes., od. infectis rebus, Nep. – dah. übh. irgendwie (als Sieger vor Gericht, unbestraft usw.) davongehen, weg-, davonkommen, superior discedit, bleibt Sieger, Cic., Ggstz. inferior discedit, unterliegt, Cic.: liberatus discedit, geht frei aus (wird freigesprochen), Cic. u. Nep.: consulum iudicio probatus discessit, trat mit dem Beifall der K. ab, Cic.: alcis iniuria impunita discedit, bleibt ungestraft, Cic.: pulchre et probe et praeter spem, ganz schön u. gut weggekommen, Ter.: turpissime, mit Schimpf u. Schande abziehen müssen, Cic. – b) sich feindl. von jmd. scheiden, sich trennen, jmd. verlassen, von ihm abfallen, uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. in Cic. ep.: ab amicis, die Fr. aufgeben, Cic.: ab alqo duce (v. Soldaten usw.), Caes. u. Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 24, 45, 2). – B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: ex vita tamquam ex hospitio, scheiden, Cic.: u. so a vita, Cic. (spätlat. auch bl. discedere = aus dem Leben scheiden, verscheiden, Min. Fel. 1, 2 codd. Amm. 29, 5, 42 codd.). – a re, von der Sache, vom Thema abgehen (v. Redner), Cic. – übtr., v. Lebl., schwinden, numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic.: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. – 2) insbes.: a) von etwas, von seiner Pflicht, von seinem Charakter usw. abgehen, abweichen, etw. aufgeben, ab officio, Cic.: a consuetudine, Cic.: a voluptate, Cic.: a constantia atque a mente atque a se discessit, ihn verließ Besonnenheit und Mut, und er geriet außer sich, Cic.: a gloria sperata, Cic. – b) als publiz. t.t., v. Senat, in alqam sententiam d., einer Meinung beitreten, Liv.: u. das Gegenteil, in alia omnia d., ganz für das Gegenteil stimmen, ganz der Gegenmeinung sein, Cic. – vgl. quo (= ad quod SC.) numquam ante discessum est, wozu man sonst nie geschritten ist, Caes. – viell. auch so hanc in opinionem discessi, ut etc., Cic. – c) d. ab alqo od. ab alqa re, von jmd. od. etwas in der Beurteilung abgehen, absehen = jmd. od. etwas ausnehmen, cum a vobis discesserim, euch ausgenommen, Cic.: cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. – / Synkop. Perf.-Formen discesti, Plaut. asin. 251: discesse, Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 4, 352. – Partic. Perf. Pass., custodibus discessis, Cael. Antip. hist. 4. fr. 32 ( bei Prisc. 8, 49).

    lateinisch-deutsches > discedo

  • 8 discedo

    dis-cēdo, cessī, cessum, ere, I) auseinander gehen, sich trennen, sich teilen, in duas partes, Sall.: inter se, Nep.: in manipulos, Tac. – v. Lebl., discedit terra, Cic.: caelum discedit, d.i. trennt sich, öffnet sich, Cic. de div. 1, 97 u. 99; dah. er heitert sich auf, Verg. Aen. 9, 20. – übtr., a) grammat. od. logisch zerfallen, ab uno capite in duo obliquos casus (Ggstz. in unum confluere), Varro LL.: in duo genera, Quint.: in tres partes, Quint. – b) politisch sich spalten, omnis Italia animis discedit, Sall. hist. fr. inc. 2 (hist. fr. 1, 16). – II) fort-, weg-, abgehen, sich entfernen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: ab ero, Plaut.: a Caesare, Caes.: de foro, Cic.: de convivio, Cic.: e Gallia, Cic.: e patria, Ov.: e medio, sich verbergen, verstecken, Suet.: m. bl. Abl., finibus, templo, Ov.: Capuā, Cic. – impers., a contione disceditur, Caes.: absol., Caes. – v. Lebl., calx ab arena discedit, löst sich ab, Vitr.: ebenso squamae ex summa cute discedunt, Cels.: quartana ab alqo discedit, weicht, Cic.: discessit (schied) sol, Ambros.: u. so sol discedens, Hor. – mit Angabe wohin? = wohin gehen, sich begeben, in silvas, ex fuga in civitates, Caes.: ad urbem, Verg.: ex castris domum, Caes.: domos suas, Nep.: m. 1. Supin., cubitum, Cic.: unpers., quietum disceditur, Dict. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t.t.: α) = von wo abgehen, abziehen, abmarschieren, a Brundisio, Caes.: ex hibernis,
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    Caes.: Tarracone, Caes.: absol., dispersi discedunt, Caes. – ab signis, die Schlachtordnung verlassen, Caes.: ab armis, die Waffen niederlegen, Caes.: a bello, sich vom Kriegsschauplatze entfernen, Caes. – β) = aus einem Kampfe irgendwie (als Sieger, besiegt usw.) abziehen, wegkommen, davonkommen, superior discedit, Caes. u. Nep.: u. (vor Gericht, Ggstz. inferior est in agendo) Cic.: victor discedit, Amm.: maximarum gentium victor discedit, Caes.: victus discedit, Sall.: graviter vulneratus discedit, Sall.: aequo Marte cum Volscis, der Kampf mit den Volskern blieb unentschieden, Liv.: sine detrimento, Caes.: infectā re, Caes., od. infectis rebus, Nep. – dah. übh. irgendwie (als Sieger vor Gericht, unbestraft usw.) davongehen, weg-, davonkommen, superior discedit, bleibt Sieger, Cic., Ggstz. inferior discedit, unterliegt, Cic.: liberatus discedit, geht frei aus (wird freigesprochen), Cic. u. Nep.: consulum iudicio probatus discessit, trat mit dem Beifall der K. ab, Cic.: alcis iniuria impunita discedit, bleibt ungestraft, Cic.: pulchre et probe et praeter spem, ganz schön u. gut weggekommen, Ter.: turpissime, mit Schimpf u. Schande abziehen müssen, Cic. – b) sich feindl. von jmd. scheiden, sich trennen, jmd. verlassen, von ihm abfallen, uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. in Cic. ep.: ab amicis, die Fr. aufgeben, Cic.: ab alqo duce (v. Soldaten usw.), Caes. u. Liv. (vgl.
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    Fabri Liv. 24, 45, 2). – B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: ex vita tamquam ex hospitio, scheiden, Cic.: u. so a vita, Cic. (spätlat. auch bl. discedere = aus dem Leben scheiden, verscheiden, Min. Fel. 1, 2 codd. Amm. 29, 5, 42 codd.). – a re, von der Sache, vom Thema abgehen (v. Redner), Cic. – übtr., v. Lebl., schwinden, numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic.: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. – 2) insbes.: a) von etwas, von seiner Pflicht, von seinem Charakter usw. abgehen, abweichen, etw. aufgeben, ab officio, Cic.: a consuetudine, Cic.: a voluptate, Cic.: a constantia atque a mente atque a se discessit, ihn verließ Besonnenheit und Mut, und er geriet außer sich, Cic.: a gloria sperata, Cic. – b) als publiz. t.t., v. Senat, in alqam sententiam d., einer Meinung beitreten, Liv.: u. das Gegenteil, in alia omnia d., ganz für das Gegenteil stimmen, ganz der Gegenmeinung sein, Cic. – vgl. quo (= ad quod SC.) numquam ante discessum est, wozu man sonst nie geschritten ist, Caes. – viell. auch so hanc in opinionem discessi, ut etc., Cic. – c) d. ab alqo od. ab alqa re, von jmd. od. etwas in der Beurteilung abgehen, absehen = jmd. od. etwas ausnehmen, cum a vobis discesserim, euch ausgenommen, Cic.: cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. – ⇒ Synkop. Perf.-Formen discesti, Plaut. asin. 251: discesse, Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 4, 352. – Partic. Perf. Pass., custodibus disces-
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    sis, Cael. Antip. hist. 4. fr. 32 ( bei Prisc. 8, 49).

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  • 9 discedo

    dis-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( perf. sync. discesti, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3), v. n.
    I.
    (With the notion of dis predominating.)
    A.
    To part asunder, divide, separate (rare but class.; cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, desum, destituo, deficio).
    1.
    Lit.:

    cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9:

    caelum,

    opens, id. Div. 1, 43, 97; 1, 44, 99, i. e. clears off, Verg. A. 9, 20 (this last is quoted in Sen. Q. N. 7, 20):

    sulcus vomere,

    Luc. 6, 382: VT SODALITATES DECVRIATIQVE DISCEDERENT, SC. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; cf.:

    cum discedere populum jussissent tribuni,

    Liv. 3, 11:

    populus ex contione,

    Sall. J. 34 fin.: armati in latitudinem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 99, 7:

    in duas partes,

    Sall. J. 13, 1:

    in partes,

    Tac. A. 1, 49; cf.:

    in manipulos,

    id. ib. 1, 34:

    fumus in auras,

    Lucr. 3, 436:

    ad semina rerum,

    id. 2, 833:

    palus multos discessit in amnes,

    Luc. 6, 360:

    citius paterer caput hoc discedere collo,

    Prop. 2, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    divisio in tres partes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 58:

    haec in duo genera,

    id. 3, 6, 86.—
    B.
    To part from one's connection with one, i. e. to leave, forsake, desert (rare but class.).—With a or ab: uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

    ab amicis in re publica peccantibus,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 42:

    ab amicis,

    id. ib. 20, 75:

    a nobis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 3:

    milites in itinere ab eo discedunt,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 2:

    a Perseo,

    Liv. 43, 6.
    II.
    (With the notion of cedere predominating.) To depart from any place or person, to go away from, to leave (cf.: proficiscor, abeo; so most frequently in all periods and sorts of composition).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: constr. with ab, ex, or absol., rarely with de —With ab: cum discesti ab [p. 586] hero, atque abisti ad forum, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3;

    so with abire,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.:

    quod legati eorum paulo ante a Caesare discesserant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1:

    ab suis,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 6:

    ab exercitu,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 1; id. B. C. 1, 9, 3 et saep.:

    a senis latere numquam,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    a vallo,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 3:

    ab loco,

    id. ib. 5, 34, 1:

    a litore,

    id. ib. 5, 8 fin. et saep.—With ex:

    non modo illum e Gallia non discessisse, sed ne a Mutina quidem recessisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

    ex contione,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 33, 2:

    e medio,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    e patria,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 85 et saep.—With de:

    de foro,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; 2, 4, 22, § 49; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79:

    de colloquio,

    Liv. 32, 40.—With abl. without a prep.:

    templo,

    Ov. M. 1, 381:

    finibus Ausoniae,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 5:

    lecto,

    id. H. 1, 81:

    Tarracone,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 21, 5:

    Capua,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21.— Absol.:

    ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.;

    so,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 3; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 8 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    ne longius ab agmine discedi pateretur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 3:

    ab concilio disceditur,

    id. ib. 7, 2 fin.:

    de colloquio discessum,

    Liv. 32, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 44 fin. —
    b.
    Designating the term. ad quem, to go away to any place:

    in silvas,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 2:

    ex fuga in civitates,

    id. ib. 7, 88 fin.:

    in castra,

    id. B. C. 1, 83, 3:

    in proximos colles,

    Sall. J. 54 fin.:

    in loca occulta,

    id. ib. 56, 3:

    ad urbem,

    Verg. A. 12, 184 et saep.:

    Capreas,

    Tac. A. 6, 20:

    ex castris domum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5; cf.

    simply domum,

    id. B. C. 1, 13, 3; 3, 87, 3:

    domos suas,

    Nep. Them. 4, 2 al.:

    cubitum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to march off, march away, decamp:

    discessit a Brundisio obsessionemque nostrorum omisit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 24 fin.:

    ab Gergovia,

    id. B. G. 7, 43 fin.:

    a mari Dyrrhachioque,

    id. B. C. 3, 44, 1:

    ab Zama,

    Sall. J. 61 al.:

    ex ea parte vici,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 1:

    ex hibernis,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 3:

    ex eo loco,

    id. B. C. 3, 30, 7; cf.:

    ex iis locis cum classe,

    id. ib. 3, 101 fin.:

    Tarracone,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 5 et saep.:

    dispersi ac dissipati discedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 3; so absol., id. ib. 5, 53 fin.; 6, 33, 4 et saep.;

    so milit.: discedere ab signis,

    to quit the standard, leave the order of battle, Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 1, 44, 4; Liv. 25, 20:

    qui discedere et abire cœptabant,

    i. e. to break ranks and go away, Suet. Oth. 11; cf.: ab ordinibus signisque Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

    ab armis,

    to lay down one's arms, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 8; id. B. C. 1, 9, 5; Sall. C. 34, 1; Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; Liv. 9, 14 al.—
    b.
    Also in milit. lang., to get away, come away, come off in any manner from the battle (victorious, conquered, wounded, etc.); and sometimes to be translated simply to become, to be, etc.:

    superiores,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 47, 1; so,

    superior,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    victor,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 47, 6; cf.:

    victor ab hoste,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 37:

    victus,

    to be conquered, Sall. C. 49, 2:

    graviter vulneratus,

    id. ib. 61, 7 et saep.:

    aequo proelio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 7; cf.:

    aequa manu,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    aequo Marte cum Volscis,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    sine detrimento,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46, 6 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    a proelio disceditur,

    Just. 6, 7, 12.—
    (β).
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere (freq. into the judicial sphere, on account of its analogy to the former):

    ut spoliis Sexti Roscii hoc judicio ornati auctique discedant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.:

    superiorem,

    id. Caecin. 1, 2; so,

    liberatus,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3:

    omnium judicio probatus,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 229:

    impunita (tanta injuria),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 30 et saep.:

    discessisses non male,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 70; cf.:

    pulchre et probe et praeter spem,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 58:

    aut cum summa gloria aut sine molestia,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21 fin.; cf.:

    a judicio capitis maximā gloriā,

    Nep. Epam. 8 fin.:

    ita tum discedo ab illo, ut qui se filiam Neget daturum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 121; cf.:

    si possum discedere, ne causa optima in senatu pereat,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16 fin.
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to depart, deviate, swerve from; to leave, forsake, give up:

    nihil a statu naturae, nihil a dignitate sapientis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    a fide justitiaque,

    id. ib. 3, 20, 79:

    longe ab consuetudine mea et cautione ac diligentia,

    id. Font. 1, 2:

    a constantia atque a mente, atque a se ipse,

    id. Div. 2, 55, 114; cf.:

    a se,

    id. Brut. 79, 273; id. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 4, 5, 41; id. Tusc. 4, 6, 11: a recta conscientia, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 20:

    a sua sententia,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 5: ab officio, id. B. G. 1, 40, 3:

    ab oppugnatione castrorum,

    id. B. C. 2, 31, 3 et saep.:

    a judiciisque causisque,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    a litteris,

    id. Fam. 9, 26:

    ab illa acerrima contentione,

    id. Or. 31:

    ab illa cavillatione,

    Quint. 12, 2, 14:

    a suscepta semel persuasione,

    id. 12, 2, 26 et saep.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to pass away, to vanish, to cease (very rarely):

    modo audivi, quartanam a te discessisse,

    had left you, Cic. Att. 8, 6:

    ex animo memoria alicujus,

    id. Rep. 6, 9: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit (opp. studium propugnandi accessit), Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2:

    ubi hae sollicitudines discessere,

    Liv. 4, 52 fin. —
    b.
    In alicujus sententiam, in polit. lang., to pass or go over to another's opinion, Sall. C. 55, 1; Liv. 3, 41; 28, 45; cf.

    the opp., in alia omnia,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3 (v. alius). In like manner:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum SC., quo nisi paene in ipso urbis incendio... numquam ante discessum est,

    which had never before been resorted to, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3;

    so perh.: ex oratione Caesaris... hanc in opinionem discessi, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 14 fin. —
    c.
    Ab aliquo, in Cicero's letters in the sense of to leave out of consideration, i. e. to except:

    cum a vobis meae salutis auctoribus discesserim, neminem esse, cujus officiis me tam esse devinctum confitear,

    if I except you, you excepted, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

    ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum,

    id. ib. 6, 12, 2:

    amoris erga me, cum a fraterno amore domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 5.
    ► Once in the part.
    perf.: custodibus discessis, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.

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  • 10 superus

    superus ( selten super), a, um (v. Adv. super), Compar. superior, Superl. superrimus, suprēmus u. summus, 1) Posit. superus (super), a, um, oben ( oberwärts) befindlich, der, die, das obere (Ggstz. inferus), 1) im allg.: a) super: super inferque vicinus, Cato r.r. 149, 1. – b) superus: limen, Plaut.: res superae, Cic.: mare superum, das obere Meer, das adriatische (Ggstz. mare inferum, das etrurische, tuskische), Cic. (im Briefstiel auch ohne mare, zB. iter ad superum, navigatio infero, Cic. ad Att. 9, 5, 1). – subst., de supero, von oben herab, Plaut. u. Lucr.: ebenso ex supero, Lucr. (vgl. Lachm. Lucr. p. 375). – adv. superā u. synkop. suprā, s. suprā. – 2) insbes., von den Dingen auf od. über der Erde: superis ab oris, von der Oberwelt, Verg.: superas ad auras, Oberwelt, Verg. u. Ov.: superi di, die oberen Götter im Himmel, Plaut.: Iuppiter s., der kapitolinische (Ggstz. I. inferus, Pluto), Catull. – subst., a) superī, ōrum, m., α) die oberen Götter, Verg. u.a. – β) die Oberwelt, die Menschen auf der Erde (Ggstz. inferi, die Unterwelt), multum fleti ad superos, Verg.: apud superos, Vell. – γ) die Lebenden, im Gegensatz zu den Toten, Val. Flacc. – b) supera, ōrum, n., die Höhen, supera alta, die oberen Regionen, Höhen des Himmels, Verg.: supera convexa, das Himmelsgewölbe, Verg.

    II) Compar. superior, ōris, m. u. f., superius, ōris, n., weiter oben ( höher) befindlich, -gelegen, der, die das obere, u. partit. = der obere Teil von etw. (Ggstz. inferior), 1) eig.: a) im Raume: pars, Cornif. rhet.: pars collis, Caes.: domus, Cic.: Moesia, Obermösien, Eutr.: molares (Backzähne), Colum.: labrum (Lippe), Caes.: ex loco superiore, von der Anhöhe herab, Caes.: bes. de loco superiore dicere, vom Tribunal, als Prätor, Cic. Verr. 2, 102: de loco superiore agere, von der Rednerbühne, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 14: so auch superiore e loco contionari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 117: meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos cum tua summa laude, sowohl auf dem Tribunal als im gewöhnlichen Leben, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 2. – neutr. pl. subst., superiora muri, die oberen Teile der M. (Ggstz. ima), Curt. 8, 10 (37), 25. – b) in der Schrift, scriptura superior (vorhergehende), Ggstz. inferior (folgende), Cic.: duo superiores libri, Lact.: exemplum superius, Lact. – 2) übtr.: a) der Zeit od. Reihenfolge nach, eher, früher, vorig, ehemalig, vergangen, auch älter, bejahrter, annus, Cic.: nox, vorletzte (Ggstz. proxima, vorige), Cic.: vita, Cic.: facinus, Cic.: tempora, Cic.: crudelitas, Nep.: genus, zuerst erwähnt, Plin.: ferner omnes aetatis superioris, von bejahrtem Alter, Caes.: aetate superiores, ältere Leute (Ggstz. pueri), Varro: Africanus superior, der (dem Zeitalter nach) Ältere, Cic.: so auch Dionysius, Nep.: superiorum aetas, Cic. – b) dem Range nach, höher, superioris ordinis nonnulli, einige höhere Befehlshaber, Caes. b.c. 3, 74, 2: centuriones non nullos ex inferioribus ordinibus (Stellen) reliquarum legionum virtutis causā in superiores ordines huius legionis traducere, Caes. b.G. 6, 40, 7. – Plur. subst., superiores, Höhergestellte, Tac. hist. 4, 80. – c) der Macht, dem Ansehen und anderen Vorzügen nach, vorzüglicher, vornehmer, höher, andere übertreffend, wichtiger, α) absol.: aliquis superior, ein Vornehmer, Cic.: superior contra improbos, Cic.: populus superior factus, behielt die Oberhand, Cic.: superiores habebantur, Caes.: superioribus invidetur, Cic.: extemplo, simul pares esse coeperint, superiores erunt (werden sie eure Herren sein), Liv.: qui eventus humanos superiores quam suos animos esse ducunt, höher stellen als usw., Liv. – als milit. t.t., discessit superior, ging als Sieger von dannen, behielt die Oberhand, Caes. u. Nep.: nostri superiores fuerunt, siegten, Caes. – β) m. Abl.: loco, fortunā, famā superiores, Cic.: honoris gradu superior, Cic.: causā superior, der die bessere Sache für sich, das Recht auf seiner Seite hatte, Liv.: facilitate et humanitate superior, Cic.: si superior ceteris rebus (in den übrigen Beziehungen) esses, Ggstz. cum omnibus rebus (in allen Beziehungen) inferior sis, Cic.

    III) Superl.: A) superrimus (superrumus), a, um, angeführt b. Varro LL. 6, 5 u. 7, 51 (aber Charis. 156, 36 Keil supremus).

    B) suprēmus, a, um, der, die, das oberste, höchste, äußerste, u. partit. = der oberste usw. Teil von etwas, 1) eig.: im Raume: montes, die höchsten Spitzen, Lucr. u. Verg.: rupes, Sen. poët.: arx, Claud. – 2) übtr.: a) der Zeit u. Reihenfolge nach der, die, das äußerste, letzte, α) übh.: nox, Verg.: supremis suis annis, in seinen letzten Jahren, Plin.: supremis testamenti verois, in den letzten Äußerungen vor seinem Ende im T., Tac.: manum supremam imponere bellis, die letzte H. legen an den Kr. = ihn zu Ende führen, Ov. – partit., nocte supremā, am Ende der Nacht, Colum.: sole supremo, beim Untergang der S., Hor. – adv., suprēmum, zum letzten Male, Ov. met. 12, 526 (vgl. β). – β) von dem letzten Zeitpunkt des Lebens, dies, der letzte Tag, Todestag, Cic., u. Tag der Bestattung, Cic. (s. Halm Cic. Muren. 75): dies vitae supremus, Tac.: u. so lux, nox, Mart.: hora, Todesstunde, Tibull.: honor, letzte Ehre (des Begräbnisses nebst den Zeremonien), Verg.: ignes, Scheiterhaufen, Ov.: tori, Leichenbett, Ov.: oscula, Scheidekuß, Tac.: vocat ore supremo, mit sterbendem Munde, vor seinem Tode, Ov.: iudicia, der letzte Wille, das Testament, Quint.: so auch tabulae, Mart.: tituli, Grabschriften, Plin. ep.: cura, letzte, vor sei nem Ende, Suet.: so auch ira, Plin.: sors Troiae, Untergang, Zerstörung, Verg. – subst., suprēma, ōrum, n., αα) das Letzte, die letzten Augenblicke, der Tod, Ov. u. Tac.: in supremis, Quint. – ββ) der letzte Wille eines Menschen, Tac. u. ICt. – γγ) der Rest des verbrannten Leichnams, die Gebeine, der Überrest, Solin. u. Amm.: supremis eius plures honores dati, Liv. epit. – δδ) die letzte Ehre, die man einem Toten erweist, Begräbnis und andere Zeremonien, Verg. u. Tac. – adv., suprēmum, zum letzten Male im Leben, Verg. Aen. 3, 68. Plin. 11, 150. Tac. hist. 4, 14. Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 5: ebenso suprēmō, Plin. 11, 277. – b) dem Maße, Grade, Range nach, α) der äußerste, höchste, größte, ärgste, härteste, macies, Verg.: supplicium, Cic.: supremo in tempore, in der ärgsten Not, Catull. – subst., ventum est ad supremum, Maß u. Ziel ist erreicht, Verg. Aen. 12, 803. – β) der höchste, erhabenste, vornehmste, Iuppiter, Komik.: deus, Lact.: comes, Plaut.

    C) summus, a, um ( aus *sub-mus, Superl. von sub; vgl. ὕπατος zu ὑπό), der, die, das oberste, höchste, äußerste, u. partit. = der oberste usw. Teil von etwas (Ggstz. infimus od. imus), 1) eig., im Raume: s. iugummontis, Caes.: summus ego (in triclinio), lag obenan, Hor. – partit., s. puteus, der Rand des Br., Plaut.: s. vestimentum, die Oberseite, der äußerste Saum des Gewandes, Plaut.: s. purpura, Zipfel der Toga, Lampr.: s. urbs, der oberste Teil, Cic.: summi digiti, die Spitzen der Fußzehen (ἄκροι ταρσοί bei Anacr.), Quint.: in summa sacra via, oben auf der heiligen Straße, Cic.: summa aqua, Oberfläche des Wassers, Cic.: summa ab unda, oben von den Wellen, Verg. – subst., summum, ī, n., das Oberste, die größte Höhe, a summo, von oben, Cic.: ad summum, Caes.: sunt in summo, ganz oben, Plin. ep.: dare ab summo bibere, von oben an, der Reihe nach, Lucil. fr.: ebenso a summo dare, Plaut.: a summo septenis cyathis committere hos ludos, Plaut.: si quid de summo petas, wenn man etwas von der obersten Schüssel will, Plaut. – ad summum (höchste Spitze) ascendere, Treb. Poll.: emergere ad summum (auf die Oberfläche), Lampr.: ad summum perducta (virtus) incrementi non habet locum, Sen. – neutr. subst., summum tecti, das Oberste, die Höhe des D., Verg. – eniti in summum ambitionis, Sen.: Plur., summa collis, Spitze, Auct. b. Afr.: summa petrae, die obersten Teile, Curt.: summa tectorum, die Dächer der Häuser, Curt.: summa riguerunt, die Extremitäten, äußersten Körperteile, Sen.: u. im obszönen Sinne, summa petere, Mart. u. Auct. Priap. – 2) übtr.: a) dem Klange nach, der höchste, sonus summus (Ggstz. imus), Quint.: sonus summus, medius, imus, Plin.: vox summa (Ggstz. ima), Hor. u. Quint.: sicut cithara, ita oratio perfecta non est, nisi ab imo ad summum omnibus intenta pervis consentiat, Quint. – b) der Zeit oder Reihenfolge nach der, die, das äußerste, letzte (Ggstz. primus), dies, Plaut. u. Verg.: summo ludorum die, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: senectus, Cic.: summam manum imponere eloquentiae, die letzte H. legen an die B., ihr das Gepräge der Vollendung geben, Quint.: at potissima prima et summa ponantur, zuerst und zuletzt, Quint.: nihil nostrā intersit, utrum ab summo an ab imo an a medio nomina eorum dicere incipiamus, Cornif. rhet. 3, 30: summo, am Ende, zuletzt (Ggstz initio), Quint. 7, 1, 10. – adv. summum, zum letzten Male, Consol. ad Liv. 137. – c) dem Grade, dem Range, dem Ausehen, der Eigenschaft nach der, die, das höchste, sehr hohe, äußerste, größte, vorzüglichste, wichtigste, α) v. Lebl., paupertas, Nep.: periculum, Nep.: prudentia, Cic.: deorum summus (überschwängliche) erga vos amor, Cic.: summā hieme, im tiefsten Winter, Cic.: summo iure, nach dem strengsten Rechte, Cic.: summo studio, mit größtem Eifer, Cic.: scelus, Sall.: summum bonum, Cic. – omnia summa facere, die größte Mühe anwenden, sein möglichstes tun, Cic. – summo loco natus, Cic.: summo magistratui praeesse, Caes. – in quo omnia summa sunt, lauter große Eigenschaften, Cic.: alqm socium summis rebus adiungere, erhabener Taten, Großtaten, Verg.: cum alqo de summis rebus dimicare, über die Oberherrschaft, Nep. – summo rei publicae tempore, in dem bedenklichsten Zeitpunkt, in der höchsten Gefahr des St., Cic. – summa salus rei publicae, das höchste Wohl des Staates, das ganze Staatswohl, Cic.: u. so summa res publica, das höchste (ganze) Wohl des Staates, der ganze Staat, ad summam rem publicam pertinere, Cic.: summa res publica tentatur, Cic.: – quo res summa loco? wie steht es mit dem Ganzen? mit dem Staate? Verg. – neutr. pl. summa, subst., die höchste Gewalt, Oberherrschaft, biennium summis potiti, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 26, 1. – adv., summum, aufs höchste, höchstens, quattuor aut s. quinque, Cic.: uno aut summum altero proelio, Liv.; vgl. Garatoni Cic. Mil. c. 5. die Auslgg. zu Liv. 21, 35, 9: dafür spätlat. ad summum, raro quis iterum vel ad summum tertio, Marc. Emp. 29. fol. 129 (b). – β) v. Pers., der höchste, größte, erhabenste, beste, optimus et s. vir, Cic.: summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti, Cic.: cum par honos habetur summis et infimis, Hohen und Niederen, Cic.: s. Iuppiter, Plaut.: s. sacerdōs, Vulg.: s. amīcus, Ter.; vgl. Simulo fuit summus, Ter. – m. Genet., severitatis et munificentiae summus, der oberste Richter über Strenge u. Milde, Tac. ann. 1, 46. – subst., summus, der Höchste, sehr hoch Gestellte (Ggstz. infimus, der Niedrigste im Volke), Amm. 19, 9, 2: gew. Plur., summi (Ggstz. infimi), Cic. u.a. – u. poet. im neutr. pl, summa ducum Atrides, die Hauptperson, Ov. am. 1, 9, 37 (vgl. Lucr. 1, 86 ductores Danaûm delecti, prima virorum). – / summus, gesteigert im Compar. summior, Eustath. hexaëm. 1, 10: u. durch Advv., wie apprime summus, Claud. Quadr. ann. 1. fr. 15 bei Gell. 6 (7), 11, 7: valde summus, Plin. Val. 1, 38.

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  • 11 superus

    superus ( selten super), a, um (v. Adv. super), Compar. superior, Superl. superrimus, suprēmus u. summus, 1) Posit. superus (super), a, um, oben ( oberwärts) befindlich, der, die, das obere (Ggstz. inferus), 1) im allg.: a) super: super inferque vicinus, Cato r.r. 149, 1. – b) superus: limen, Plaut.: res superae, Cic.: mare superum, das obere Meer, das adriatische (Ggstz. mare inferum, das etrurische, tuskische), Cic. (im Briefstiel auch ohne mare, zB. iter ad superum, navigatio infero, Cic. ad Att. 9, 5, 1). – subst., de supero, von oben herab, Plaut. u. Lucr.: ebenso ex supero, Lucr. (vgl. Lachm. Lucr. p. 375). – adv. superā u. synkop. suprā, s. supra. – 2) insbes., von den Dingen auf od. über der Erde: superis ab oris, von der Oberwelt, Verg.: superas ad auras, Oberwelt, Verg. u. Ov.: superi di, die oberen Götter im Himmel, Plaut.: Iuppiter s., der kapitolinische (Ggstz. I. inferus, Pluto), Catull. – subst., a) superī, ōrum, m., α) die oberen Götter, Verg. u.a. – β) die Oberwelt, die Menschen auf der Erde (Ggstz. inferi, die Unterwelt), multum fleti ad superos, Verg.: apud superos, Vell. – γ) die Lebenden, im Gegensatz zu den Toten, Val. Flacc. – b) supera, ōrum, n., die Höhen, supera alta, die oberen Regionen, Höhen des Himmels, Verg.: supera convexa, das Himmelsgewölbe, Verg.
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    II) Compar. superior, ōris, m. u. f., superius, ōris, n., weiter oben ( höher) befindlich, -gelegen, der, die das obere, u. partit. = der obere Teil von etw. (Ggstz. inferior), 1) eig.: a) im Raume: pars, Cornif. rhet.: pars collis, Caes.: domus, Cic.: Moesia, Obermösien, Eutr.: molares (Backzähne), Colum.: labrum (Lippe), Caes.: ex loco superiore, von der Anhöhe herab, Caes.: bes. de loco superiore dicere, vom Tribunal, als Prätor, Cic. Verr. 2, 102: de loco superiore agere, von der Rednerbühne, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 14: so auch superiore e loco contionari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 117: meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos cum tua summa laude, sowohl auf dem Tribunal als im gewöhnlichen Leben, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 2. – neutr. pl. subst., superiora muri, die oberen Teile der M. (Ggstz. ima), Curt. 8, 10 (37), 25. – b) in der Schrift, scriptura superior (vorhergehende), Ggstz. inferior (folgende), Cic.: duo superiores libri, Lact.: exemplum superius, Lact. – 2) übtr.: a) der Zeit od. Reihenfolge nach, eher, früher, vorig, ehemalig, vergangen, auch älter, bejahrter, annus, Cic.: nox, vorletzte (Ggstz. proxima, vorige), Cic.: vita, Cic.: facinus, Cic.: tempora, Cic.: crudelitas, Nep.: genus, zuerst erwähnt, Plin.: ferner omnes aetatis superioris, von bejahrtem Alter, Caes.: aetate superiores, ältere Leute (Ggstz. pueri), Varro: Africanus superior, der (dem Zeitalter
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    nach) Ältere, Cic.: so auch Dionysius, Nep.: superiorum aetas, Cic. – b) dem Range nach, höher, superioris ordinis nonnulli, einige höhere Befehlshaber, Caes. b.c. 3, 74, 2: centuriones non nullos ex inferioribus ordinibus (Stellen) reliquarum legionum virtutis causā in superiores ordines huius legionis traducere, Caes. b.G. 6, 40, 7. – Plur. subst., superiores, Höhergestellte, Tac. hist. 4, 80. – c) der Macht, dem Ansehen und anderen Vorzügen nach, vorzüglicher, vornehmer, höher, andere übertreffend, wichtiger, α) absol.: aliquis superior, ein Vornehmer, Cic.: superior contra improbos, Cic.: populus superior factus, behielt die Oberhand, Cic.: superiores habebantur, Caes.: superioribus invidetur, Cic.: extemplo, simul pares esse coeperint, superiores erunt (werden sie eure Herren sein), Liv.: qui eventus humanos superiores quam suos animos esse ducunt, höher stellen als usw., Liv. – als milit. t.t., discessit superior, ging als Sieger von dannen, behielt die Oberhand, Caes. u. Nep.: nostri superiores fuerunt, siegten, Caes. – β) m. Abl.: loco, fortunā, famā superiores, Cic.: honoris gradu superior, Cic.: causā superior, der die bessere Sache für sich, das Recht auf seiner Seite hatte, Liv.: facilitate et humanitate superior, Cic.: si superior ceteris rebus (in den übrigen Beziehungen) esses, Ggstz. cum omnibus rebus (in allen Beziehungen) inferior sis, Cic.
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    III) Superl.: A) superrimus (superrumus), a, um, angeführt b. Varro LL. 6, 5 u. 7, 51 (aber Charis. 156, 36 Keil supremus).
    B) suprēmus, a, um, der, die, das oberste, höchste, äußerste, u. partit. = der oberste usw. Teil von etwas, 1) eig.: im Raume: montes, die höchsten Spitzen, Lucr. u. Verg.: rupes, Sen. poët.: arx, Claud. – 2) übtr.: a) der Zeit u. Reihenfolge nach der, die, das äußerste, letzte, α) übh.: nox, Verg.: supremis suis annis, in seinen letzten Jahren, Plin.: supremis testamenti verois, in den letzten Äußerungen vor seinem Ende im T., Tac.: manum supremam imponere bellis, die letzte H. legen an den Kr. = ihn zu Ende führen, Ov. – partit., nocte supremā, am Ende der Nacht, Colum.: sole supremo, beim Untergang der S., Hor. – adv., suprēmum, zum letzten Male, Ov. met. 12, 526 (vgl. β). – β) von dem letzten Zeitpunkt des Lebens, dies, der letzte Tag, Todestag, Cic., u. Tag der Bestattung, Cic. (s. Halm Cic. Muren. 75): dies vitae supremus, Tac.: u. so lux, nox, Mart.: hora, Todesstunde, Tibull.: honor, letzte Ehre (des Begräbnisses nebst den Zeremonien), Verg.: ignes, Scheiterhaufen, Ov.: tori, Leichenbett, Ov.: oscula, Scheidekuß, Tac.: vocat ore supremo, mit sterbendem Munde, vor seinem Tode, Ov.: iudicia, der letzte Wille, das Testament, Quint.: so auch tabulae, Mart.: tituli, Grabschriften, Plin. ep.: cura, letzte, vor sei-
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    nem Ende, Suet.: so auch ira, Plin.: sors Troiae, Untergang, Zerstörung, Verg. – subst., suprēma, ōrum, n., αα) das Letzte, die letzten Augenblicke, der Tod, Ov. u. Tac.: in supremis, Quint. – ββ) der letzte Wille eines Menschen, Tac. u. ICt. – γγ) der Rest des verbrannten Leichnams, die Gebeine, der Überrest, Solin. u. Amm.: supremis eius plures honores dati, Liv. epit. – δδ) die letzte Ehre, die man einem Toten erweist, Begräbnis und andere Zeremonien, Verg. u. Tac. – adv., suprēmum, zum letzten Male im Leben, Verg. Aen. 3, 68. Plin. 11, 150. Tac. hist. 4, 14. Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 5: ebenso suprēmō, Plin. 11, 277. – b) dem Maße, Grade, Range nach, α) der äußerste, höchste, größte, ärgste, härteste, macies, Verg.: supplicium, Cic.: supremo in tempore, in der ärgsten Not, Catull. – subst., ventum est ad supremum, Maß u. Ziel ist erreicht, Verg. Aen. 12, 803. – β) der höchste, erhabenste, vornehmste, Iuppiter, Komik.: deus, Lact.: comes, Plaut.
    C) summus, a, um ( aus *sub-mus, Superl. von sub; vgl. πατος zu ὑπό), der, die, das oberste, höchste, äußerste, u. partit. = der oberste usw. Teil von etwas (Ggstz. infimus od. imus), 1) eig., im Raume: s. iugum montis, Caes.: summus ego (in triclinio), lag obenan, Hor. – partit., s. puteus, der Rand des Br., Plaut.: s. vestimentum, die Oberseite, der äußerste Saum des Gewandes, Plaut.: s. purpura, Zipfel der
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    Toga, Lampr.: s. urbs, der oberste Teil, Cic.: summi digiti, die Spitzen der Fußzehen (ἄκροι ταρσοί bei Anacr.), Quint.: in summa sacra via, oben auf der heiligen Straße, Cic.: summa aqua, Oberfläche des Wassers, Cic.: summa ab unda, oben von den Wellen, Verg. – subst., summum, ī, n., das Oberste, die größte Höhe, a summo, von oben, Cic.: ad summum, Caes.: sunt in summo, ganz oben, Plin. ep.: dare ab summo bibere, von oben an, der Reihe nach, Lucil. fr.: ebenso a summo dare, Plaut.: a summo septenis cyathis committere hos ludos, Plaut.: si quid de summo petas, wenn man etwas von der obersten Schüssel will, Plaut. – ad summum (höchste Spitze) ascendere, Treb. Poll.: emergere ad summum (auf die Oberfläche), Lampr.: ad summum perducta (virtus) incrementi non habet locum, Sen. – neutr. subst., summum tecti, das Oberste, die Höhe des D., Verg. – eniti in summum ambitionis, Sen.: Plur., summa collis, Spitze, Auct. b. Afr.: summa petrae, die obersten Teile, Curt.: summa tectorum, die Dächer der Häuser, Curt.: summa riguerunt, die Extremitäten, äußersten Körperteile, Sen.: u. im obszönen Sinne, summa petere, Mart. u. Auct. Priap. – 2) übtr.: a) dem Klange nach, der höchste, sonus summus (Ggstz. imus), Quint.: sonus summus, medius, imus, Plin.: vox summa (Ggstz. ima), Hor. u. Quint.: sicut cithara, ita oratio perfecta non est, nisi ab imo ad
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    summum omnibus intenta pervis consentiat, Quint. – b) der Zeit oder Reihenfolge nach der, die, das äußerste, letzte (Ggstz. primus), dies, Plaut. u. Verg.: summo ludorum die, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: senectus, Cic.: summam manum imponere eloquentiae, die letzte H. legen an die B., ihr das Gepräge der Vollendung geben, Quint.: at potissima prima et summa ponantur, zuerst und zuletzt, Quint.: nihil nostrā intersit, utrum ab summo an ab imo an a medio nomina eorum dicere incipiamus, Cornif. rhet. 3, 30: summo, am Ende, zuletzt (Ggstz initio), Quint. 7, 1, 10. – adv. summum, zum letzten Male, Consol. ad Liv. 137. – c) dem Grade, dem Range, dem Ausehen, der Eigenschaft nach der, die, das höchste, sehr hohe, äußerste, größte, vorzüglichste, wichtigste, α) v. Lebl., paupertas, Nep.: periculum, Nep.: prudentia, Cic.: deorum summus (überschwängliche) erga vos amor, Cic.: summā hieme, im tiefsten Winter, Cic.: summo iure, nach dem strengsten Rechte, Cic.: summo studio, mit größtem Eifer, Cic.: scelus, Sall.: summum bonum, Cic. – omnia summa facere, die größte Mühe anwenden, sein möglichstes tun, Cic. – summo loco natus, Cic.: summo magistratui praeesse, Caes. – in quo omnia summa sunt, lauter große Eigenschaften, Cic.: alqm socium summis rebus adiungere, erhabener Taten, Großtaten, Verg.: cum alqo de summis rebus dimicare, über die Oberherrschaft, Nep. –
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    summo rei publicae tempore, in dem bedenklichsten Zeitpunkt, in der höchsten Gefahr des St., Cic. – summa salus rei publicae, das höchste Wohl des Staates, das ganze Staatswohl, Cic.: u. so summa res publica, das höchste (ganze) Wohl des Staates, der ganze Staat, ad summam rem publicam pertinere, Cic.: summa res publica tentatur, Cic.: – quo res summa loco? wie steht es mit dem Ganzen? mit dem Staate? Verg. – neutr. pl. summa, subst., die höchste Gewalt, Oberherrschaft, biennium summis potiti, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 26, 1. – adv., summum, aufs höchste, höchstens, quattuor aut s. quinque, Cic.: uno aut summum altero proelio, Liv.; vgl. Garatoni Cic. Mil. c. 5. die Auslgg. zu Liv. 21, 35, 9: dafür spätlat. ad summum, raro quis iterum vel ad summum tertio, Marc. Emp. 29. fol. 129 (b). – β) v. Pers., der höchste, größte, erhabenste, beste, optimus et s. vir, Cic.: summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti, Cic.: cum par honos habetur summis et infimis, Hohen und Niederen, Cic.: s. Iuppiter, Plaut.: s. sacerdos, Vulg.: s. amicus, Ter.; vgl. Simulo fuit summus, Ter. – m. Genet., severitatis et munificentiae summus, der oberste Richter über Strenge u. Milde, Tac. ann. 1, 46. – subst., summus, der Höchste, sehr hoch Gestellte (Ggstz. infimus, der Niedrigste im Volke), Amm. 19, 9, 2: gew. Plur., summi (Ggstz. infimi), Cic. u.a. – u. poet. im neutr. pl, summa ducum
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    Atrides, die Hauptperson, Ov. am. 1, 9, 37 (vgl. Lucr. 1, 86 ductores Danaûm delecti, prima virorum). – ⇒ summus, gesteigert im Compar. summior, Eustath. hexaëm. 1, 10: u. durch Advv., wie apprime summus, Claud. Quadr. ann. 1. fr. 15 bei Gell. 6 (7), 11, 7: valde summus, Plin. Val. 1, 38.

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  • 12 summum

    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summum

  • 13 Superi

    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

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    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > superus

  • 15 suprema

    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > suprema

  • 16 supremum

    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > supremum

  • 17 supremus

    sŭpĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. sŭpĕr in two passages:

    super inferque vicinus,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 1:

    totus super ignis,

    Lucr. 1, 649; gen. plur. in signif. I. B. 1. infra, superum, Verg. A. 1, 4; Ov. M. 1, 251 et saep.), adj. [super].
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    Adj.
    1.
    In gen., that is above, upper, higher: inferus an superus tibi fert deus funera, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.:

    at ita me di deaeque superi atque inferi et medioxumi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36:

    omnes di deaeque superi, inferi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6:

    ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    portae Phrygiae limen,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31; 4, 9, 63; Novat. ap. Non. p. 336, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 49 Rib.):

    carmine di superi placantur, carmine manes,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 138:

    di,

    id. C. 1, 1, 30; 4, 7, 18:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes,

    Verg. A. 6, 788:

    supera ad convexa,

    to heaven, id. ib. 6, 241 (Rib. super); 6, 750; 10, 251: cum superum lumen nox intempesta teneret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 14 (Ann. v. 106 Vahl.):

    lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 856: templum superi Jovis, i. e. of the Capitoline Jupiter (opp. Juppiter inferus, i. e. Pluto), Cat. 55, 5; Sen. Herc. Fur. 48:

    domus deorum,

    Ov. M. 4, 735: mare superum, the upper, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; id. Att. 9, 3, 1; Liv. 41, 1, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 1; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 44; Suet. Caes. 34; 44;

    so without mare (colloq.): iter ad superum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 5, 1.—Adverb.:

    de supero, quom huc accesserit,

    from above, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 18; so,

    ex supero,

    Lucr. 2, 227; 2, 241; 2, 248. —
    2.
    In partic., upper, i. e. of the upper regions or upper world (opp. the lower regions):

    supera de parte,

    i. e. of the earth, Lucr. 6, 855:

    superas evadere ad auras,

    Verg. A. 6, 128:

    superum ad lumen ire,

    id. ib. 6, 680:

    aurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 641:

    orae,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    limen,

    id. ib. 6, 680.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Sŭpĕri, orum, m.
    (α).
    They who are above (opp. inferi, those in the dungeon), Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 6:

    multum fleti ad superos,

    i. e. those living on earth, Verg. A. 6, 481:

    (Pompeius) Quam apud superos habuerat magnitudinem, illibatam detulisset ad Inferos,

    the inhabitants of the upper world, Vell. 2, 48, 2; cf.:

    ut oblitos superum paterere dolores,

    Val. Fl. 1, 792: si nunc redire posset ad superos pater, Poet. ap. Charis. 5, p. 252:

    epistula ad superos scripta,

    i. e. to the survivors, Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—
    (β).
    (Sc. di.) The gods above, the celestial deities:

    quae Superi Manesque dabant,

    Verg. A. 10, 34:

    aspiciunt Superi mortalia,

    Ov. M. 13, 70:

    o Superi!

    id. ib. 1, 196; 14, 729;

    pro Superi,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 59:

    terris jactatus et alto Vi Superum,

    Verg. A. 1, 4:

    illa propago Contemptrix Superum,

    Ov. M. 1, 161:

    exemplo Superorum,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 19; so,

    Superorum,

    id. P. 1, 1, 43:

    postquam res Asiae Priamique evertere gentem Immeritam visum Superis,

    Verg. A. 3, 2:

    scilicet is Superis labor est,

    id. ib. 4, 379; Hor. C. 1, 6, 16:

    superis deorum Gratus et imis,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 19:

    flectere Superos,

    Verg. A. 7, 312:

    te per Superos... oro,

    id. ib. 2, 141 et saep.—
    2.
    sŭpĕra, orum, n.
    (α).
    The heavenly bodies:

    Hicetas caelum, solem, lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

    cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra contemnimus,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 127: di, quibus est potestas motus superum atque inferum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 38 (Trag. Rel. v. 163 Vahl.).—
    (β).
    Higher places (sc. loca):

    supera semper petunt,

    tend upwards, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

    (Alecto) Cocyti petit sedem, supera ardua relinquens,

    the upper world, Verg. A. 7, 562.
    II.
    Comp.: sŭpĕrĭor, ius.
    A.
    Lit., of place, higher, upper:

    inferiore omni spatio vacuo relicto, superiorem partem collis castris compleverant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    dejectus qui potest esse quisquam, nisi in inferiorem locum de superiore motus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50:

    in superiore qui habito cenaculo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 3:

    tota domus superior vacat,

    the upper part of, Cic. Att. 12, 10:

    superior accumbere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 42:

    de loco superiore dicere,

    i. e. from the tribunal, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

    agere,

    i. e. from the rostra, id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 14;

    and in gen. of the position of the speaker: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    sive ex inferiore loco sive ex aequo sive ex superiore loquitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: ex loco superiore in ipsis fluminis ripis praeliabantur, from a height or eminence, Caes. B. G. 2, 23; so,

    ex loco superiore,

    id. ib. 3, 4:

    loca,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 4;

    3, 3, 2: ex superioribus locis in planitiem descendere,

    id. B. C. 3, 98:

    qui in superiore acie constiterant,

    id. B. G. 1, 24:

    ex superiore et ex inferiore scriptura docendum,

    i. e. what goes before and after, the context, Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf.:

    posteriori superius non jungitur,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time or order of succession, former, past, previous, preceding:

    superiores solis defectiones,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    refecto ponte, quem superioribus diebus hostes resciderant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58:

    superioribus aestivis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:

    superioribus temporibus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    tempus (opp. posterius),

    id. Dom. 37, 99:

    tempora (opp. inferiora),

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    annus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    anno superiore,

    id. Har. Resp. 8, 15:

    superioris anni acta,

    Suet. Caes. 23:

    in superiore vita,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26: milites superioribus proeliis exercitati, [p. 1811] Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    testimonium conveniens superiori facto,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53:

    superius facinus novo scelere vincere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    superioris more crudelitatis uti,

    Nep. Thras. 3, 1:

    superius genus,

    mentioned previously, Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 146:

    nuptiae,

    former marriage, Cic. Clu. 6, 15:

    vir,

    first husband, id. Caecin. 6, 17.—
    b.
    Esp., of age, time of life, etc., older, elder, senior, more advanced, former:

    omnis juventus omnesque superioris aetatis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    aetate superiores,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

    superior Africanus,

    the Elder, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 25; id. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    Dionysius,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 25; Nep. Dion, 1, 1; cf.:

    quid est aetas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120.—
    2.
    Of strength or success in battle or any contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior:

    Caesar quod hostes equitatu superiores esse intellegebat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 65:

    numero superiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

    hoc ipso fiunt superiores, quod nullum acceperant detrimentum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum,

    Cic. Caecin. 1, 2:

    semper discessit superior,

    Nep. Hann. 1, 2:

    si primo proelio Catilina superior discessisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    ut nostri omnibus partibus superiores fuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

    multo superiores bello esse,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 7:

    superiorem Appium in causa fecit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 1.—
    3.
    Of quality, condition, number, etc., higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
    (α).
    With abl. respect.:

    pecuniis superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

    loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

    id. Lael. 25, 94:

    habes neminem honoris gradu superiorem,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    ordine,

    id. ib. 13, 5, 2:

    facilitate et humanitate superior,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    si superior ceteris rebus esses,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitia, sic quodam modo inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. 20, 71:

    ut quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus... sed etiam superioribus invidetur,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209:

    premendoque superiorem sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12:

    cui omnem honorem, ut superiori habuit,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1.
    III.
    Sup., in three forms, ‡ superrimus, supremus, and summus.
    A.
    ‡ sŭperrĭmus, assumed as orig. form of supremus by Varr. L. L. 7, § 51 Mull.; Charis. p. 130 P.—
    B.
    sū̆prēmus, a, um, highest, loftiest, topmost.
    1.
    Lit. (only poet.; cf.

    summus, C. 1.): montesque supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

    the highest points, the tops, summits, Lucr. 1, 274; so,

    montes,

    Verg. G. 4, 460; Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

    rupes,

    Sen. Oedip. 95:

    arx,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 167; cf.:

    supremae Tethyos unda,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, extreme, final, = ultimus (class.).
    (α).
    In gen.: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10.—Hence, as subst.: suprēma, ae, f. (sc. tempestas), the last part of the day, the hour of sunset: suprema summum diei; hoc tempus duodecim Tabulae dicunt occasum esse solis;

    sed postea lex praetoria id quoque tempus jubet esse supremum, quo praeco in comitio supremam pronuntiavit populo,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Mull.; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 24; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

    quae (urbs), quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    supremo te sole domi manebo,

    at sunset, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

    jubare exorto jam nocte suprema, Col. poet. 10, 294: in te suprema salus,

    last hope, Verg. A. 12, 653: supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the last or finishing hand, Ov. R. Am. 114. — suprēmum, adverb., for the last time:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526.—
    (β).
    In partic., with regard to the close of life, last, closing, dying:

    supremo vitae die,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. Sen. 21, 78; id. Mur. 36, 75:

    dies,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 34; Hor. C. 1, 13, 20; id. Ep. 1, 4, 13:

    hora,

    Tib. 1, 1, 59:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; Cat. 64, 151:

    incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

    i. e. the penalty of death, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

    mors,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 173:

    finis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

    iter,

    id. C. 2, 17, 11:

    lumen,

    Verg. A. 6, 735: sociamque tori vocat ore supremo, with his dying mouth, dying breath, Ov. M. 8, 521; so,

    ore,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 87:

    haec digressu dicta supremo Fundebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 583:

    Nero in suprema ira duos calices crystallinos fregit,

    in his last agony, Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29;

    supremis suis annis,

    in his last years, id. 23, 1, 27, § 58:

    suprema ejus cura,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 150:

    spoliatus illius supremi diei celebritate,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 86: honor, the last honors, i. e. funeral rites or ceremonies, Verg. A. 11, 61:

    funera,

    Ov. M. 3, 137:

    oscula,

    id. ib. 6, 278:

    tori,

    i. e. biers, id. F. 6, 668:

    ignis,

    id. Am. 1, 15, 41:

    ignes,

    id. M. 2, 620; 13, 583:

    officia,

    Tac. A. 5, 2; Petr. 112, 1: judicia hominum, a last will or testament, Quint. 6, 3, 92; Plin. Ep. 7, 20, 7; 7, 31, 5; so,

    tabulae,

    Mart. 5, 33, 1; 5, 41, 1:

    tituli,

    i. e. an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—So of cities, etc.:

    Troiae sorte suprema,

    Verg. A. 5, 190:

    dies regnis,

    Ov. F. 2, 852. — suprēmum and suprēmō, adverb.:

    animam sepulcro Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus,

    for the last time, for a last farewell, Verg. A. 3, 68; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; Tac. H. 4, 14; Ov. M. 12, 526:

    anima exitura supremo,

    Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Substt.
    1.
    sŭprēmum, i, n., the last moment, end (very rare):

    ventum ad supremum est,

    Verg. A. 12, 803.—
    2.
    suprēma, orum, n.
    (α).
    The last moments, the close of life, death:

    ut me in supremis consolatus est!

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 11; Tac. A. 6, 50; 12, 66; cf.:

    statua Herculis sentiens suprema tunicae,

    the last agonies caused by it, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93:

    circa suprema Neronis,

    the time of his death, id. 16, 44, 86, § 236; 7, 3, 3, § 33.—
    (β).
    The last honors paid to the dead, funeral rites or ceremonies, a funeral:

    supremis divi Augusti,

    Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33; 16, 44, 86, § 236; Tac. A. 1, 61; 3, 49; 4, 44; id. H. 4, 59; 4, 45:

    suprema ferre (sc. munera),

    Verg. A. 6, 213; cf. id. ib. 11, 25 al.—
    (γ).
    A last will, testament:

    nihil primo senatus die agi passus, nisi de supremis Augusti,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    miles in supremis ordinandis ignarus uxorem esse praegnantem, etc.,

    Dig. 29, 1, 36, § 2.—
    (δ).
    The relics, remains of a burned corpse, the ashes, = reliquiae, Amm. 25, 9, 12; Sol. 1 med. —
    b.
    Of degree or rank, the highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme:

    multa, quae appellatur suprema, instituta in singulos duarum ovium, triginta boum... ultra quam (numerum) multam dicere in singulos jus non est, et propterea suprema appellatur, id est, summa et maxima,

    Gell. 11, 1, 2 sq.:

    macies,

    Verg. A. 3, 590:

    Juppiter supreme,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 55; id. Capt. 2, 3, 66; 5, 2, 23; id. Ps. 2, 2, 33; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42: Junonis supremus conjunx, Poet. ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115:

    med antidhac Supremum habuisti com item consiliis tuis,

    most intimate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—
    C.
    summus, a, um [from sup-imus, sup-mus], uppermost, highest, topmost; the top of, highest part of (cf. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1295).
    1.
    Lit. (class., while supremus is mostly poet.):

    summum oportet olfactare vestimentum muliebre,

    the top, outside of, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: Galli summa arcis adorti Moenia, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.): Thyestes summis saxis fixus, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ib.): montibus summis, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 71 Mull. (Epigr. v. 43 ib.):

    summum jugum montis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    summus mons,

    the top of, id. ib. 1, 22:

    feriunt summos fulmina montes,

    the mountain tops, Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.: in summo montis vertice, Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48:

    locus castrorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    in summa sacra via,

    on the highest part of, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    in summa columna conlocare,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    quam (urbem) ad summum theatrum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

    Janus summus ab imo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54:

    ad aquam summam appropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: mento summam aquam attingens enectus siti, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    in aqua summa natare,

    the top, surface of, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 33:

    apud summum puteum,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 16:

    per summa volare aequora,

    Verg. A. 5, 819:

    summa cacumina linquunt,

    id. ib. 6, 678:

    mari summo,

    id. ib. 1, 110:

    prospexi Italiam summa ab unda,

    id. ib. 6, 357:

    summaque per galeam delibans oscula,

    id. ib. 12, 434:

    amphoras complures complet plumbo, summas operit auro,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3: summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Verg. E. 1, 83:

    summam cutem novacula decerpito,

    Col. 12, 56, 1.—Of position, place, at table:

    summus ego (in triclinio) et prope me Viscus Thurinus et infra Varius, etc.,

    I was highest, I reclined at the top, Hor. S. 2, 8, 20.—Hence, subst.: summus, i, m., he who sits in the highest place, at the head of the table:

    standum est in lecto, si quid de summo petas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 27: is sermo, qui more majorum a summo adhibetur in poculis, by the head of the table, i. e. by the president of the feast, Cic. Sen. 14, 46; so,

    a summo dare (bibere),

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; Pers. 5, 1, 19.—
    b.
    summum, i, n., the top, surface; the highest place, the head of the table, etc.:

    ab ejus (frontis) summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26:

    qui demersi sunt in aqua... si non longe absunt a summo,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    leviter a summo inflexum bacillum,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    igitur discubuere... in summo Antonius,

    Sall. H. 3, 4 Dietsch:

    puteos ac potius fontes habet: sunt enim in summo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25:

    nuces mersit in vinum et sive in summum redierant, sive subsederant, etc.,

    Petr. 137 fin.: oratori summa riguerunt, the extremities of his body, Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3.—In mal. part.:

    summa petere,

    Mart. 11, 46, 6; Auct. Priap. 76.—
    2.
    Transf., of the voice:

    jubeo te salvere voce summa,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    citaret Io Bacche! modo summa Voce, modo, etc.,

    at the top of his voice, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7:

    vox (opp. ima),

    Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    summa voce versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf.:

    summo haec clamore,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 59. —Adverb.: summum, at the utmost or farthest:

    exspectabam hodie, aut summum cras,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 2:

    bis, terve summum,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    triduo aut summum quatriduo,

    id. Mil. 9, 26; cf. Liv. 21, 35, and 31, 42 Drak.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time or order of succession, last, latest, final (rare but class.):

    haec est praestituta summa argento dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; so,

    venit summa dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 324:

    ad summam senectutem jactari, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1: vixit ad summam senectutem, to extreme old age, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 31:

    cum esset summa senectute,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    in fluvium primi cecidere, in corpora summi,

    Luc. 2, 211:

    summo carmine,

    at the end, Hor. C. 3, 28, 13:

    eadem in argumentis ratio est, ut potentissima prima et summa ponantur,

    the first and the last, at the beginning and the end, Quint. 6, 4, 22; cf. neutr. absol.: Celsus putat, primo firmum aliquod (argumentum) esse ponendum, summo firmissimum, imbecilliora medio;

    quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

    at the last, at the close, id. 7, 1, 10.— Adverb.: summum, for the last time:

    nunc ego te infelix summum teneoque tuorque,

    Albin. 1, 137. —
    b.
    Of rank, etc., highest, greatest, first, supreme, best, utmost, extreme; most distinguished, excellent, or noble; most important, weighty, or critical, etc. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): summa nituntur vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.): bellum gerentes summum summa industria, id. ap. Non. p. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 ib.):

    summi puerorum amores,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    spes civium,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    fides, constantia justitiaque,

    id. ib. 7, 25: in amore summo summaque inopia, Caec. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    qui in virtute summum bonum ponunt,

    id. ib. 6, 20:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4:

    tres fratres summo loco nati,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2:

    qui summo magistratui praeerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

    concedunt in uno Cn. Pompeio summa esse omnia,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    quae (vitia) summo opere vitare oportebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

    turpitudo,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    summum in cruciatum se venire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    scelus,

    Sall. C. 12, 5:

    hiems,

    the depth of winter, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. Fam. 13, 60, 2:

    cum aestas summa esse coeperat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

    ut summi virtute et animo praeessent imbecillioribus,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

    summi ex Graecia sapientissimique homines,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 36; cf.:

    summi homines ac summis ingeniis praediti,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    optimi et summi viri diligentia,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 54: cum par habetur honos summis et infimis [p. 1812] id. ib. 1, 34, 53: He. Quo honore'st illic? Ph. Summo atque ab summis viris, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 29:

    summus Juppiter,

    id. Cist. 2, 1, 40:

    ubi summus imperator non adest ad exercitum,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    miles summi inperatoris,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: deum qui non summum putet (amorem), Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    amicus summus,

    the best friend, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 60; 1, 1, 1; id. And. 5, 6, 6; cf. absol.:

    nam is nostro Simulo fuit summus,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 54; so id. Eun. 2, 2, 40.— Poet. in neutr. plur.:

    summa ducum Atrides,

    the chief, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 37; cf. Lucr. 1, 86:

    summo rei publicae tempore,

    at a most important period, most critical juncture, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6; cf.:

    summa salus rei publicae,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 11: quod summa res publica in hujus periculo tentatur, the highest welfare of the State, the common welfare, the good of the State, the whole State or commonwealth, id. Rosc. Am. 51, 148; so,

    res publica,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; id. Cat. 1, 6, 14; 3, 6, 13; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

    ad summam rem publicam,

    Liv. 33, 45, 4 al.:

    quo res summa loco, Panthu?

    the general cause, Verg. A. 2, 322: mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis? in these enterprises of highest moment, etc., id. ib. 9, 199; esp.: summum jus, a right pushed to an extreme:

    non agam summo jure tecum,

    deal exactingly, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 4; cf.: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida juris interpretatione;

    ex quo illud summum jus summa injuria factum est, jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33. — Hence, summē, adv., in the highest degree, most highly or greatly, extremely:

    quod me sollicitare summe solet,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295:

    cupere aliquid,

    id. Quint. 21, 69; Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    contendere,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77: studere, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    diffidere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    admirari,

    Quint. 10, 1, 70:

    summe jucundum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2:

    officiosi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    summe disertus vir,

    Quint. 12, 1, 23:

    summe munitus locus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    summe haec omnia mihi videntur esse laudanda,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:

    mei summe observantissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 26 (11), 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > supremus

  • 18 superus

        superus adj.    [super].— Posit, that is above, upper, higher: ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse: spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium: Omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes, V.: deorum domus, O.: mare, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea): superas evadere ad auras, i. e. of the upper world, V.: aurae, O.— Plur m. as subst. (with gen plur. superūm, V., O.), they who are above (opp. inferi): multum fleti ad superos, i. e. the living, V.—Esp., the gods above, celestial deities: Quae superi manesque dabant, V.: Pro superi, O.: Contemptrix superum, O.: superis deorum Gratus et imis, H.— Plur n. as subst, the heavenly bodies, celestial things: lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet.— Higher places (sc. loca): supera semper petunt, tend upwards: supera ardua linquens, the upper world, V.—Comp. superior, n us, gen. ōris, of place, higher, upper: superiorem partem collis castris compleverant, Cs.: tota domus vacat superior, the upper part of: labrum superius, the upper lip, Cs.: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the tribunal: causam cum agam de loco superiore, i. e. from the rostra: multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos, i. e. in formal discourses and in conversation: ex loco superiore proeliabantur, from an eminence, Cs.: ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, what is written above and below, i. e. the context: posteriori superius non iungitur. — Plur n. as subst: superiora muri, the upper parts (opp. ima), Cu.—Of time or order, former, past, previous, preceding: superiores solis defectiones: superioribus diebus, Cs.: in superiore vitā: pars legis: superius facinus novo scelere vincere: superioris more crudelitatis uti, N.: nuptiae, former marriage: vir, first husband.—Of age, older, elder, senior, more advanced, former: omnis iuventus omnesque superioris aetatis, Cs.: superior Africanus, the Elder.—Plur. m. as subst, elders, older men: superiorum aetas.—Fig., in a contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior: hostīs equitatu superiores esse intellegebat, Cs.: se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum: semper discessit superior, N.: superiorem Appium in causā fecit, L.—Of quality or condition, higher, more distinguished, greater, better, superior: ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitiā: premendoque superiorem sese extollebat, L.: pecuniis: honoris gradu.—Sup. suprēmus, highest, loftiest, topmost (poet.; cf. summus).—Partit.: clamore supremos Inplerunt montīs, the mountain-tops, V.: supremo In monte, on the summit, H.—Fig., of time or order, last, latest, extreme, final: Supremo te sole domi manebo, at sunset, H.: in te suprema salus, last hope, V.: Supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the finishing hand, O.—Of rank or degree, highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme, extreme: supreme Iuppiter, T.: macies, V.— The last of life, last, closing, dying, final: supremo vitae die: amplissime supremo suo die efferri: nec... Supremā citius die, i. e. not until death, H.: supplicium, i. e. the penalty of death: iter, H.: lumen, V.: sociam tori vocat ore supremo, with dying breath, O.: honor, i. e. the funeral rites, V.: tori, i. e. biers, O.: Troiae sorte supremā, V.—As subst n.: Ventum ad supremum est, to the last moment, V.: suprema ferre, i. e. the funeral offerings, V.
    * * *
    I
    supera -um, superior -or -us, supremus -a -um ADJ
    above, high; higher, upper, of this world; greatest, last, highest
    II
    gods (pl.) on high, celestial deities; those above

    Latin-English dictionary > superus

  • 19 congredior

    con-gredior, gressus sum, gredī, zusammenschreiten, d.i. schreitend zusammentreten, zusammentreffen, sich treffend zusammenkommen, I) im allg. (Ggstz. digredi), congrediar, Plaut.: congredere actutum, komm geschwind zu mir her, Ter.: deinde (ipso colloquii die) ipsi congressi sunt, Nep.: si ipse coram congredi poteris, Cic. – m. Abl. od. m. in u. Abl. od. m. Genet. loc., c. eo loco, Liv.: c. eo loco postero die, Liv.: c. in Macedonia, Brut. in Cic. ep.: c. Apameae, Liv. – m. cum u. Abl. (mit wem?) od. m. inter se, cum eo saepe, Cic.: ibi cum Lentulis, Liv.: ubi sit congressus cum servis Lucceii, Cic.: c. cum transrhenanis, in Verbindung od. Verkehr treten, Caes.: c. inter se, einander auf der Straße begegnen, Liv.: u. v. personif. Lebl., luna tum congrediens cum sole tum digrediens, Cic. – versch. m. cum u. Abl. (wie?), c. cum altercatione, Liv. -m. ad od. in u. Akk., c. ad colloquium, Liv.: c. in commune. Tac. – II) feindl. zusammentreffen, sich in einen Kampf (ein Handgemenge) einlassen, a) im eigentl. Kampfe: locus, ubi congressi sunt, Cic.: statuit congredi, Nep.: nusquam acre c., Liv.: c. comminus, Liv.: c. armis, Acc. fr.: tertio proelio, Iustin. (dafür poet. tertia in proelia, Verg.): impari numero, Caes.:pede congressi aequo, die zu Fuße in der Nähe Kämpfenden, sodaß der Kampf ein gleicher war (Ggstz. tela ferentes), Verg.: pepulit, quotiescumque congressus est, multo maiores adversariorum copias, Nep. – m. inter u. Akk. u. m. in u. Abl. (wo?), c. inter Callinicum Carrasque, Aur. Vict.: in Italia (s. unten mit cum), Nep. – m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se (mit wem?), zB. numquam cum fortiore congressum esse, Nep.: c. suā sponte cum finitimis proelio, Caes.: c. cum Demetrio navali proelio iterato (wiederholt), Iustin.: singulari certamine (Zweikampf) c. cum Arunte, Aur. Vict.: quotiescumque cum eo congressus est in Italia, semper discessit superior, Nep.: ipsi inter se acrioribus proeliis per triennium congressi, Aur. Vict. – poet. u. nachaug. m. bl. Dat. (mit wem?), impar congressus Achilli, Verg.: armato c. nudum dementia videbatur, Curt. – m. contra od. adversus u. Akk., contra ipsum Caesarem, Cic.: adversus Constantinum, Aur. Vict. – m. Acc., in congrediendis hostibus, Gell. 1, 11, 2. – b) übtr., α) v. Pers., im Wortkampf, in der philos. Erörterung, c. cum Academico, Cic. – vor Gericht, cum alqo luctari et congredi, Cic.: congredere mecum criminibus ipsis, Cic. – im Leben, mit einem Übel, c. cum dolore, Min. Fel. 37, 1. – m. Acc., hanc congrediar astu, mit List zu Leibe gehen, Plaut. Epid. 546. – β) v. personif. Abstr., quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio, Cic.: oratio aequo congressa campo totas vires populariter explicabit, Quint. – / Nach der 4. Konj. Infin. congrediri, Plaut. aul. 248: Fut. congredibor, Plaut. most. 783 (nach Acidalius' Verbesserung).

    lateinisch-deutsches > congredior

  • 20 congredior

    con-gredior, gressus sum, gredī, zusammenschreiten, d.i. schreitend zusammentreten, zusammentreffen, sich treffend zusammenkommen, I) im allg. (Ggstz. digredi), congrediar, Plaut.: congredere actutum, komm geschwind zu mir her, Ter.: deinde (ipso colloquii die) ipsi congressi sunt, Nep.: si ipse coram congredi poteris, Cic. – m. Abl. od. m. in u. Abl. od. m. Genet. loc., c. eo loco, Liv.: c. eo loco postero die, Liv.: c. in Macedonia, Brut. in Cic. ep.: c. Apameae, Liv. – m. cum u. Abl. (mit wem?) od. m. inter se, cum eo saepe, Cic.: ibi cum Lentulis, Liv.: ubi sit congressus cum servis Lucceii, Cic.: c. cum transrhenanis, in Verbindung od. Verkehr treten, Caes.: c. inter se, einander auf der Straße begegnen, Liv.: u. v. personif. Lebl., luna tum congrediens cum sole tum digrediens, Cic. – versch. m. cum u. Abl. (wie?), c. cum altercatione, Liv. -m. ad od. in u. Akk., c. ad colloquium, Liv.: c. in commune. Tac. – II) feindl. zusammentreffen, sich in einen Kampf (ein Handgemenge) einlassen, a) im eigentl. Kampfe: locus, ubi congressi sunt, Cic.: statuit congredi, Nep.: nusquam acre c., Liv.: c. comminus, Liv.: c. armis, Acc. fr.: tertio proelio, Iustin. (dafür poet. tertia in proelia, Verg.): impari numero, Caes.:pede congressi aequo, die zu Fuße in der Nähe Kämpfenden, sodaß der Kampf ein gleicher war (Ggstz. tela ferentes), Verg.: pepulit,
    ————
    quotiescumque congressus est, multo maiores adversariorum copias, Nep. – m. inter u. Akk. u. m. in u. Abl. (wo?), c. inter Callinicum Carrasque, Aur. Vict.: in Italia (s. unten mit cum), Nep. – m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se (mit wem?), zB. numquam cum fortiore congressum esse, Nep.: c. suā sponte cum finitimis proelio, Caes.: c. cum Demetrio navali proelio iterato (wiederholt), Iustin.: singulari certamine (Zweikampf) c. cum Arunte, Aur. Vict.: quotiescumque cum eo congressus est in Italia, semper discessit superior, Nep.: ipsi inter se acrioribus proeliis per triennium congressi, Aur. Vict. – poet. u. nachaug. m. bl. Dat. (mit wem?), impar congressus Achilli, Verg.: armato c. nudum dementia videbatur, Curt. – m. contra od. adversus u. Akk., contra ipsum Caesarem, Cic.: adversus Constantinum, Aur. Vict. – m. Acc., in congrediendis hostibus, Gell. 1, 11, 2. – b) übtr., α) v. Pers., im Wortkampf, in der philos. Erörterung, c. cum Academico, Cic. – vor Gericht, cum alqo luctari et congredi, Cic.: congredere mecum criminibus ipsis, Cic. – im Leben, mit einem Übel, c. cum dolore, Min. Fel. 37, 1. – m. Acc., hanc congrediar astu, mit List zu Leibe gehen, Plaut. Epid. 546. – β) v. personif. Abstr., quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio, Cic.: oratio aequo congressa campo totas vires populariter explicabit, Quint. – ⇒ Nach der 4. Konj. Infin. congrediri, Plaut. aul. 248: Fut. congredibor,
    ————
    Plaut. most. 783 (nach Acidalius' Verbesserung).

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > congredior

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