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superō āvī, ātus, āre

superus, to go over, rise above, overtop, surmount, transcend : capite et cervicibus, V.: has (turrīs) altitudo puppium ex barbaris navibus superabat, Cs.: ut aqua genua vix superaret, L.: Posterior partīs superat mensura priores, O.To go over, rise above, mount, ascend, surmount, overtop : ardua montis Per deserta iugo superans, passing over the summit , V.: (tempestas) summas ripas fluminis superavit, Cs.: munitiones, L.: montīs, V.: Caucasum, Cu.: tantum itineris, traverse , Ta.: regionem castrorum, go beyond , Cs.: insidias circa ipsum iter locatas, L.: superant (Parnasi) cacumina nubes, O.To sail by, pass, double, weather : promunturium, L.: Euboeam, N.: cursu Isthmon, O.: Regna Liburnorum, V.—Poet.: musarum scopulos, Enn. ap. C.To exceed, be in excess, overrun, be abundant, abound : in quo superare mendosum est: quae Iugurthae fesso superaverant, had been too much for , S.: superante multitudine, L.: superat gregibus dum iuventas, V.: uter igitur est divitior, cui deest an cui superat?To be left over, remain, survive : quae superaverunt animalia capta, immolant, Cs.: quod superaret pecuniae: nihil ex raptis commeatibus superabat, L.: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat? H.: vitā, survive , Cs.: Quid puer Ascanius? superatne? V.: quid igitur superat, quod purgemus? L.—In war, to be victorious, overcome, subdue, conquer, vanquish : superavit postea Cinna cum Mario: maximas nationes, Cs.: exercitūs regios: navali praelio superati, Cs.: ferro incautum, V.: bello Asiam, N.To extend beyond : clamor superat inde castra hostium, L.—Fig., to have the upper hand, be superior, excel, overcome, surpass : numero hostis, virtute Romanus superat, L.: superans animis, i. e. exulting , V.: hostes equitatu superare, N.: superat sententia Sabini, Cs.To surpass, excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, transcend : quaerit, quā se virtute Plancius superarit: doctrinā Graecia nos superabat: Phoebum canendo, V.: Duritiā ferrum, O.: cursu canem, H.: non dubitabam, quin hanc epistulam fama esset celeritate superatura, will outstrip. —To master, overcome, suppress, defeat, subdue, surmount : hanc (orationem) diligens scriptura superabit: necessitas quam ne dii quidem superant, to which not even the gods are superior , L.: superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est, V.

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