(v. n.P. a.) : ex-sŭpĕro (exup-), āvi, ātum (
* Gen. plur. part. sync. exsuperantum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 18 Müll.), 1, v. n. and a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Neutr., to mount up, appear above (very rare).
* Lit.: exsuperant flammae; furit aestus ad auras,Verg. A. 2, 759.
* Act., to project or tower above any thing, to surmount, rise above, exceed.
* Lit.: vites exsuperant ulmos,Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12: exsuperat jugum,passes over,Verg. A. 11, 905: clivum,Sen. Ep. 31: amnem,Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 62: Nilus exsuperavit sedecim cubita,id. 18, 18, 47, § 168; cf.: binas libras ponderis,id. 9, 17, 30, § 64.
* Trop.
* To surpass, exceed: quis homo te exsuperavit usquam gentium impudentiā? Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77: omnes Tarquinios superbiā,Liv. 3, 11, 13: genus morum nobilitate,Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 2: aliquid latitudine,Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50: laudes alicujus,Liv. 28, 43, 7: cuncta exsuperans patrimonia census,Juv. 10, 13: tu vero, pater, vive et me quoque exsupera,survive, outlive,Val. Max. 5, 9 fin.: aestatem,to outlast,Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 33.
* To be too much for, to overpower, overcome: id summum exsuperat Jovem, Poët. in Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25: materia vires exsuperante meas,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 56: caecum consilium,Verg. A. 7, 591: multitudo Gallorum, sensum omnem talis damni exsuperans,Liv. 7, 24, 2.—Hence, exsŭpĕrans (exup-), antis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), surpassing, excellent, supreme (post-class.): mulier exsuperanti forma,Gell. 6, 8, 3.—Comp.: uter esset exsuperantior, certabatur, Gell. 14, 3, 11.—Sup., App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 8.

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