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                    "description": "(adjective) : sŭper, , v. superus."
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                    "description": "(adjective) : sŭpĕr -excellens, entis\n* Very excellent, superexcellent, Salv. adv. Avar. 3, 18."
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                    "description": "(adv.prep.) : sŭper, adv. and prep. Sanscr. upari; Gr. ὑπέρ; Goth. ufar\n* Above, over (often confounded in MSS. and edd. with supra, q. v.).\n* Adv., above, on top, thereupon, upon, etc. (rare but class.).\n* Lit., of place: Anien infraque superque Saxeus,Stat. S. 1, 3, 20: eo super tigna bipedalia, iniciunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 10: haec super e vallo prospectant Troes,Verg. A. 9, 168: implenturque super puppes, from above, i. e. by rain, id. ib. 5, 697: purpureas super vestes ... Coniciunt,id. ib. 6, 221; cf. id. ib. 6, 217: renes tunicis super conteguntur,Cels. 3, 1 med.: imponendum super medicamentum,id. 6, 19 med.\n* Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above, on the top of, upon, on.\n* Of  that which is over and above in number or quantity, over, moreover, besides: satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,enough and to spare, more than enough,Cic. Lael. 13, 45: satis superque prudentes,id. Har. Resp. 9, 18: contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,id. N. D. 2, 1, 2: ut satis superque vixisse videamur,id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; Liv. 3, 53: quidque furor valeat, satisque Ac super ostendit,Ov. M. 4, 430: poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,Hor. S. 1, 2, 65: cui neque apud Danaos usquam locus; et super ipsi Dardanidae infensi, etc.,and moreover, and besides,Verg. A. 2, 71: saevit amor ferri ... Ira super,id. ib. 7, 462: super talis effundit pectore voces,id. ib. 5, 482; 11, 670: voto deus aequoris alti Annuerat; dederatque super, ne saucius ullis Vulneribus fieri posset,Ov. M. 12, 206; 4, 751; 15, 308; Hor. S. 2, 7, 78; id. Ep. 2, 2, 33; Phaedr. 4, 24, 18: annum agens aetatis sexagensimum ac nonum, superque mensem ac diem septimum,Suet. Vesp. 24.— With gen. part.: non operae est satis superque oneris sustinenti res a populo Romano gestas scribere,Liv. 41, 25, 8: primoribus, super quam quod dissenserant a consilio, territis etiam duplici prodigio,besides that,Liv. 22, 3, 14; so, super quam quod,id. 27, 20, 10.\n* Less freq. of that which is left over, over, left, remaining: Atheniensibus exhaustis praeter arma et naves nihil erat super,Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; cf.: nec spes ulla super,Val. Fl. 8, 435: quid super sanguinis, qui dari pro republicā possit? rogitantes,Liv. 4, 58, 13: super tibi erunt, qui dicere laudes tuas cupiant,Verg. E. 6, 6: o mihi sola mei super Astyanactis imago,id. A. 3, 489.\n* With acc.\n* Lit., of place or situation: super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui, nisi columellam,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66: super lateres coria inducuntur,Caes. B. C. 2, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, § 4: super quas (naves) turrim ad introitum opposuit,id. ib. 3, 39 Dinter (al. quā): super vallum praecipitari,Sall. J. 58, 6; cf.: cum alii super aliorum capita ruerent,Liv. 24, 39, 5: super caput hostium pervenire,id. 32, 11, 8: aqua super montium juga concreta,id. 21, 58, 8: domos super se ipsos concremaverunt,id. 21, 14, 4: cenaculum super aedes datum est,id. 39, 14, 2: ad senaculum ac super id curiam,id. 41, 27, 7: equi super eum ruentis,id. 39, 49, 3: super eam (aspidem) assidere,Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59: super theatrum consistere,Liv. 24, 39, 1: aquila super carpentum volitans,id. 1, 34, 8: illa super terram defecto poplite labens,Ov. M. 13, 477: collis erat, collemque super planissima Area,id. ib. 10, 86: ut scopulum super duram illidat corticem,Phaedr. 2, 6, 11: clatri super aquam emineant,Col. 8, 17, 10: super arcem pensiles horti sunt,Curt. 5, 1, 32: vestis super genua est,id. 5, 6, 18: super pulpitum consulares conlocare,Suet. Calig. 54.\n* With abl.\n* Transf.\n* Of time, during, at (postAug.): de hujus nequitiā omnes super cenam loquebantur,Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 6; 3, 5, 11; 9, 33, 1; cf.: super vinum et epulas,Curt. 8, 4, 30; 8, 12, 17; Suet. Aug. 77; id. Caes. 87: super mensam,Curt. 7, 4, 7: super hos divum honores,i. e. during the sacrifice,Stat. Th. 1, 676; Flor. 4, 2, 69.\n* Of that which is over and above a certain number or quantity, over, above, beyond, upon, besides, in addition to (not freq. till after the Aug. period): quod alii super alios legati venirent speculaturi,i. e. in rapid succession, constantly,Liv. 42, 25, 8: vox non paene tragoedorum sed super omnes tragoedos,   Quint. 12, 5, 5: super modum ac paene naturam,id. 11, 3, 169: super necessitatem,id. 9, 3, 46: famosissima super ceteras fuit cena ei data adventicia,Suet. Vit. 13: super veteres amicos,id. Tib. 55.—With numerals: super tris modios,Liv. 23, 12, 1: super LX. milia,Tac. G. 33: super octingentos annos,id. A. 13, 58: super quadraginta reos,Suet. Calig. 38: super HS. millies,id. Caes. 26; id. Ner. 30: senioribus super sexaginta annos in Epirum missis,Liv. 26, 25, 11; cf.: super triginta ducibus triumphos decernendos curavit,Suet. Aug. 38: Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames affecit,Liv. 28, 46, 15: super tam evidentem tristis ominis eventum, etiam, etc.,id. 41, 18, 14: super dotem haec tibi dona accedent,id. 26, 50, 12; 2, 51, 2: super solitos honores,id. 2, 31, 3: super vota fluere,beyond all wishes,Tac. H. 3, 48: super obscena dicta et petulans jurgium,Phaedr. 3, 11, 2: dare savia super savia,kisses upon kisses,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 38: alii super alios trucidentur,Liv. 1, 50, 6: vulnus super vulnus,id. 22, 54, 9: ut habitationes super pretium libertatis praestarentur,Dig. 18, 6, 19.—Esp. freq.: super omnia, above all, before all (in Plin. the elder, super omnia and super omnes always at the beginning of the phrase; v. Sillig ad Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 62): talia carminibus celebrant: super omnia Caci Speluncam adiciunt,Verg. A. 8, 303: aetas et forma et super omnia Romanum nomen,Liv. 31, 18, 3; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118; Quint. 12, 9, 12; Ov. M. 6, 526; 8, 677; so, tu super omnes beatus,Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2; Suet. Vit. 13; Quint. 12, 5, 5.\n* Hence, transf., in gen., for plus quam, amplius quam, more than (late Lat.): qui amat filium aut filiam super me,Vulg. Matt. 10, 37; cf.: dulciora sunt super mel et favum,id. Psa. 18, 11.\n* Lit., of place or situation (rare and mostly poet.): regulae, quae lateres, qui super musculo struantur, contineant,Caes. B. C. 2, 10: ensis cui super Cervice pendet,Hor. C. 3, 1, 17: ligna super foco Large reponens,id. ib. 1, 9, 5: parumne campis atque Neptuno super Fusum est Latini sanguinis,id. Epod. 7, 3: super Pindo,id. C. 1, 12, 6: requiescere Fronde super viridi,Verg. E. 1, 81.\n* Transf.\n* Of time (cf. supra, A. 2. a.), during, in: nocte super mediā,Verg. A. 9, 61; cf.: Centaurea cum Lapithis rixa super mero Debellata,Hor. C. 1, 18, 8.\n* Above, over, of place: supercerno, supercresco, superdo, superemineo, superemorior, superferc, superfluo, superfugio, superfundo, supergredior, superjacio, superimpono, superincumbo, superinduco, supernato, superpono, supersedeo, supersterno, supersto, supervehor, supervenio, etc.\n* Less freq., over and above, besides, in addition: superaddo,  superbibo, supersum, superstes, superfio."
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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : sŭpĕr -ēmĭnĕo, ēre, v. a. and n.\n* To overtop, to appear or be above, to rise above (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).\n* 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.\n* 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."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭper -dūco, xi, ctum, 3,  (postclass.)\n* To lead or draw over: pampinum,Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med.: novercam tot liberis, to bring or put over, Capitol. M. Aur. fin.: novercam filio,Quint. Decl. 38.\n* To add, subjoin, Tert. Anim. 36; id. Cor. Mil. 11."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭper -flŭo, ĕre,  and\n* A.\n* Neutr., to run over, overflow (mostly postAug.; only once in Cic.; syn. redundo).\n* Lit.: in aeneo vase leniter coquuntur, ne superfluant,Cels. 6, 18, 2: fons superfluit,Plin. 31, 4, 28, § 51: superfluentis Nili receptacula,Tac. A. 2, 61: si (Nilus) immodicus superfluxit,Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 3.\n* Act., to flow by or past: nec quae dicentur, superfluent aures,Quint. 2, 5, 13 Spald.\n* To be superabundant, to superabound: pecunia non superfluens,Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: virgines,id. Contr. 1, 3, 4: populus,id. ad Helv. 6, 11: claritas,Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.\n* Transf., to be superfluous: nihil neque desit, neque superfluat,Quint. 8, 2, 22; so (opp. deesse) id. 12, 10, 16; cf. id. 10, 7, 13; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115.\n* To have a superabundance of a thing: cum Venetis Aquileia superfluit armis,Sil. 8, 606: redundantes nos et superfluentes juvenili quādam dicendi impunitate et licentiā, etc.,Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf.: orator non satis pressus sed supra modum exsultans et superfluens,extravagant,Tac. Or. 18.—Absol.: superbus et superfluens (sc. divitiis),Cat. 29, 7.— *"
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭper -fēto, āre\n* To conceive anew while still with young, to superfetate, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 179; 7, 11, 9, § 48; 8, 55, 81, § 219."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭper -fīo, fĭĕri\n* To be over and above, to be left, to remain (very rare; not in Cic.): edepol te vocem (ad cenam) libenter, si superfiat locus,Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 10;  id. Mil. 2, 4, 3; id. Stich. 4, 2, 12; id. Trin. 2, 4, 108: quae superfieri possunt,Col. 12, 1, 5."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭper -immĭnĕo, ēre\n* To hang over, overhang (very rare): pastorem Ense sequens nudo superimminet,Verg. A. 12, 306: terrā superimminente,Sen. Q. N. 5, 15, 1: virgineusque pudor zonae superimminet artus,Avien. Arat. 962: mons superimminens, Hilar, in Psa. 124, 3."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭpĕr -efflŭo, ĕre\n* To superabound, be superfluous (late Lat.), Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, § 9: mensura,Vulg. Luc. 6, 38: quicquid,Paul. Nol. Carm. 35, 511: PECVNIA,Inscr. Murat. 1772, 8.\n* To be abundantly exalted above: legi supereffluit doctrina Christi,Ambros. in Luc. 5, 34."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭpĕr -effulgĕo, ēre, 2\n* To be more than effulgent (late Lat.), Rustic. c. Aceph. p. 1250."
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                    "description": "(verb) : sŭpĕr -exsulto, āre, 1\n* To leap up, exult greatly, Symm. Ep. 5, 92; Cassiod. Complex. ad Ep. Jacob. 5."
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                    "description": "sŭper -gestus, a, um, Part. [gero]. *\n* Carried or heaped upon or over: terra,Col. 11, 3, 6. — *\n* Covered over, covered up: orificium,App. M. 9, p. 237."
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                    "description": "sŭper -grĕdĭor | sŭpergrădĭor, a, um | sŭpergrĕ-dĭo | sŭpergressus (noun N) : (, Plin. 27, 12, 68, § 110), gressus, 3\n* V. dep. a. and n. gradior, to step, walk, or go over (post-Aug.).\n* Lit.: limen,Col. 7, 9, 13; Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133: capram alteram decubuisse atque ita alteram proculcatae supergressam,Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.\n* Trop., to pass over, get over, surmount; to surpass, exceed, excel: aetatis suae feminas pulchritudine,Tac. A. 13, 45: omnem laudem supergressa,Quint. 6, prooem. § 8:  claritatem parentum animi magnitudine,Just. 42, 2, 3: alicujus res gestas,id. 44, 5: crudele praeceptum, supergressum omnia diritatis exempla,Amm. 28, 1, 25.\n* To live through, survive a period of time: sexagin ta annos,Sen. Suas. 6, 6.\n* To be superior to, elevated above: necessitates,Sen. Ep. 32, 5.?*! *\n* Act. collat. form , , to go over, pass: duodecimum aetatis annum supergresserat,App. M. 10, p. 238, 34 (dub.).— *\n* In pass. signif., Pall. Nov. 4, 2."
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                    "description": "sŭper -impendens, entis, Part. [impendeo]\n* Overhanging: silvae,Cat. 64, 287."
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