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in-sŭper , adv. and prep.
I. Adv., above, on the top, overhead.
B. Transf., over and above, moreover, besides: “aut satisfaciat mihi, atque adjuret Insuper, etc.,Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8: “parumne est quod amat, Ni sumptuosus insuper etiam siet,id. Merc. 4, 2, 1: “etiam insuper defraudat,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 38: “si id parum est, insuper poenas expetite,Liv. 3, 67, 4; cf.: “stipendio etiam insuper imposito,id. 21, 1, 5: “insuper quam,besides that, id. 23, 7: “non negando minuendove, sed insuper amplificando ementiendoque,Suet. Caes. 66: “haec insuper addidit,Verg. A. 2, 593: “insuper habere, i. q. contemnere,to make light of, to slight, Gell. 1, 19; 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 33; 4, 154, 7; Dig. 11, 7, 43; 34, 9, 17.—
II. Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above.
A. With acc. (rare): “insuper arbores trabem planam imponito,Cato, R. R. 18, 5: “insuper eam exaequationem pila struatur,Vitr. 5, 12, 4.—
B. With abl. (poet. and late Lat.): “insuper his, campi quod rex habet ipse Latinus,Verg. A. 9, 274: “quibus (trabibus) insuper transtra sustinent culmen,Vitr. 5, 1: “quo (tigno) insuper collocata erat materies,id. 10, 21; cf. Hand, Turs. III. 383-387.
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