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.