(adverb) : sursum (collat. form sursus, Lucr. 2, 188: susum, Cato, R. R. 157, 15; Aug. Tract. 8, Ep. 1, Joan. 2; Tract. 10, 5; Lact. Mort. Pers. 19, 4:
* SVRVORSVM,Inscr. Grut. 204), contr. from sub-vorsum, from below, i. e. up, upwards, on high (opp. deorsum; class. and very freq.).
* Denoting motion: cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14: ascendere in tectum,id. Am. 3, 4, 25: illuc,id. ib. 3, 4, 17: quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?id. Cist. 2, 3, 78: subducere susum animam,Cato, R. R. 157, 15; cf. infra, II.: flammae expressae sursum (opp. deorsum ferri),Lucr. 2, 204: adspicit nil sursum,Mart. 1, 97, 11: sursum ac deorsum diducere, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 ($3), 4, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 105.
* Pleon. joined with versus (versum, vorsum), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123: vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 32, 1: sursus enim vorsus gignuntur et augmina sumunt: Et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt,Lucr. 2, 189: cum gradatim sursum versus reditur,Cic. Or. 39, 135; so, sursum versus,id. Part. Or. 7, 24; Lact. 3, 24, 1; Gell. 2, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 32 fin.
* Denoting situation or locality, high up, above (very rare): qui colunt deorsum, magis aestate laborant; qui sursum, magis hieme ... nec non sursum quam deorsum tardius seruntur ac metuntur,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3: praeterito hac rectā plateā sursum,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35: nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141.