I. To carry over or beyond, to place or put over (postAug.): “pedem parturienti,” Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103. — Pass., to go, ride, fly, swim, etc., over: “pisces,” Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58; App. de Mundo fin.; Tert. Bapt. 4; Mart. Cap. 8, § 882. —
II. To carry over or beyond the time: “periclitari partus, si superferatur,” Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133. —
B. To raise high, carry over the head: “aurum,” Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84.—Hence, sŭperlātus , a, um, P. a., extravagant, excessive, exaggerated: “verba (with translata),” Cic. Part. Or. 15, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 43.
