I. To cast or throw over or upon (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
A. Lit.: “membra superjectā cum tua veste fovet,” Ov. H. 16, 222: “semina de tabulato,” Col. 2, 17, 2: “folia,” id. 2, 1, 6: “aggerem,” Suet. Calig. 19: “se rogo,” Val. Max. 1, 8, 10; 6, 6, 1 fin.: “ut ille ardentibus tectis superjaceretur,” id. 3, 2, ext. 7: et superjecto pavidae natarunt Aequore damae, i. e. spread over the earth, overwhelming, Hor. C. 1, 2, 11: “Phrygia Troadi superjecta,” situated above Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.—*
B. Trop., to overdo, exaggerate: “superjecere quidam augendo fidem,” Liv. 10, 30, 4: “beneficia ( = superare),” Sen. Ben. 3, 32 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 4.—
II. To overtop with any thing (very rare): “pontus scopulos superjacit unda,” Verg. A. 11, 625: “arbores tantae proceritatis, ut sagittis superjaci nequeant,” Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.
