I.to overtop, to appear or be above, to rise above (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
(α).
Act.: “victor viros supereminet omnes,” Verg. A. 6, 857: “umero undas,” id. ib. 10, 765: “fluctus omnes,” Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 49: “quas omnes aspis supereminens,” Amm. 22, 15, 27.—
(β).
Neutr.: “ut olivae premantur et jus superemineat,” Col. 12, 49, 1; Sen. Q. N. 5, 15, 1: “herba paulum supereminens extra aquam,” Plin. 26, 8, 33, § 50 (al. semper eminens).—Hence, sŭpĕrēmĭnens , entis, P. a., rising above, prominent; comp., Fulg. Cont. Virg. p. 146. —Sup., Aug. Spir. et Lit. 65.