(verb) : sŭper-sto, āre, and
* A., to stand upon or over (perh. not ante-Aug.): signa cum columnis, quibus superstabant,Liv. 40, 2, 2: columnae (statua),Suet. Galb. 23: essedis carrisque (hostis),Liv. 10, 28, 9: ruinis (armati),id. 38, 7, 5: corporibus hostium,id. 7, 24, 5: cumulus caesorum,id. 22, 59, 3: rupibus,id. 37, 27, 8: superstantes propugnaculis celsis, Amm. 20, 6, 4: (quem) lapsum superstans Immolat,Verg. A. 10, 540: ossa inhumata (volucres),Ov. H. 10, 123: corpora atque arma simul cumulata,Stat. Th. 2, 713.—Absol.: agger pondere superstantium in fossam procubuit,Liv. 10, 5, 11: cum armati superstantes subissent,id. 44, 9, 8.
* To survive ( = superstitem esse; eccl. Lat.),Ennod. Epigr. 6, 1.