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                    "description": "sŭperfĭcĭes (noun F) : super-facies\n* The upper side of a thing, the top, surface.\n* In gen. (post-Aug.): testudinum,the upper shell,Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; 6, 24, 28, § 109; 9, 10, 12, § 35: sardonychum,id. 37, 6, 23, § 89: aquae,the surface,Col. 8, 15, 3: arborum,the part that grows above ground,id. 4, 11, 1; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; 19, 4, 19, § 56; Col. 11, 3, 21: vitis,id. Arb. 10, 2; 4, 29, 13; 4, 11, 2: aedis,the roof,Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13: Ὑπερῷον superficies, cenaculum, percula, Gloss. Philox.: candelabri,the upper part, in which the light is placed,Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: terrae,Vulg. Gen. 2, 6 et saep.\n* In partic.\n* Jurid. Lat., a building, as standing above the ground: cum aedes ex duabus rebus constent ex solo et superficie,Dig. 41, 3, 23: De superficiebus,ib. 43, 18: superficiem consules ex senatusconsulto aestimabunt,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; 4, 2, 5; Liv. 5, 54, 2; Dig. 23, 3, 32; 43, 17, 3, § 5; Col. 1, 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3286 al.— Also in the collat. form SVPERFICIVM,Inscr. Grut. 608, 8; Dig. 31, 3, 39; Kalend. Farnes. ap. Grut. 137, 2; 138, 2.\n* In math., a superficies (only length and breadth), Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 260; Rhem. Fann. Pond. 107; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2, 6."
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