(verb) : sŭper-jăcĭo, jēci, jectum (superjactus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non 503, 33; Tac. H. 5, 6), 3
* To cast or throw over or upon (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Caes.).
* 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, 1fin.: 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.—*
* 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.