Oxford Latin Dictionary
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super above
super is a Latin Adverb that primarily means above.
Definitions for super
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
adv. and prep. +abl or acc., above
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
In a higher position, over, above. (b) beyond, further south. (c) (perh., transf.) in earlier times
- 2
On the surface or upper part, on top. (b) (in description of headlong pursuit or sim.) on top of a person or thing, in close succession; (also w. repeated alius, etc., in phrs. denoting cumulative addition).
Preposition
- 1
(w, Acc.) To or in a position higher than, over, above. (b) above the normal vertical level of (a part of the body, etc.). (c) (w. ref. to position on a banqueting-couch) above, i.e. to the left of (from the standpoint of those eating). (d) ~ cenam, mensam, or sim., over dinner, at table, etc. (i.e. during a meal); (also in other phrs. where position implies circumstances).
- 2
On (to) the uppermost part or surface of, on top of. (b) on (a river-bank or other boundary); on the banks of (a river or sim.). (c) (after vbs. of shutting) on (a person, so as to enclose him).
- 3
(w. vbs. of pouring, etc.) Over (an expanse, so as to cover it.).
- 4
Above or along the surface of and from end to end of, over (an area). (b) above and to the other side of (an obstacle).
- 5
Further from the coast, from a centre, etc., than, beyond. (b) to the far side of (a headland).
Sentences with super
Latin to English
Humana ante oculos foede cum vita iaceret in terris oppresa gravi sub religione quae caput a caeli regionibus ostendebat horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans, primum Graius homo mortalis tollere contra est oculos ausus primusquue obsistere contra.Compare When man's life lay for all to see foully groveling upon the ground, crushed beneath the weight of Religion, which displayed her head in the regions of heaven, threatening mortals from on high with horrible aspect, a man of Greece was the first that dared to uplift mortal eyes against her, the first to make stand against her.
Nova nupta super limen sublata est ne laberetur.Compare The new bride was carried over the threshold in case she stumbled.
Labitur uncta carina, volat super impetur undas.Compare The well-greased keel, rushing on, flies over the white waves.
Profunda super nos altitudo temporis veniet, pauca ingenia caput exerent et in idem quandoque silentium abitura oblivioni resistent ac se diu vindicabunt.Compare The deep flood of time will roll over us; some few great men will raise their heads above it, and, though destined at the last to depart into the same realms of silence, will battle against oblivion and maintain their ground for long.
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.Compare This used to be among my prayers - a portion of land not so very large, but which should contain a garden, and near the homestead a spring of ever-flowing water, and a bit of forest to complete it.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 34.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1872.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "super (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed March 28, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/super.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 34.on page 34
