resupinus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

re-supīnus adj.,

bent back, thrown back, lying on the back, facing upward, supine: resupinum in caelo contueri: curru haeret resupinus inani, V.: cantabam resupinus amores, O.: tendo resupinus habenas, leaning backward, O.: tulerat gressūs resupina per urbem, i. e. arrogantly, O.