superus adj.
super.—Posit, that is above, upper, higher : ad superos deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse: spectatores superarum rerum atque caelestium: Omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes, V.: deorum domus, O.: mare, i. e. the Adriatic and Ionian Sea (opp. mare inferum, the lower or Etruscan Sea): superas evadere ad auras, i. e. of the upper world , V.: aurae, O.—Plur m . as subst.(with gen plur . superūm, V., O.), they who are above (opp. inferi): multum fleti ad superos, i. e. the living , V.—Esp., the gods above, celestial deities : Quae superi manesque dabant, V.: Pro superi, O.: Contemptrix superum, O.: superis deorum Gratus et imis, H.—Plur n . as subst, the heavenly bodies, celestial things : lunam, stellas, supera denique omnia stare censet.— Higher places (sc. loca): supera semper petunt, tend upwards : supera ardua linquens, the upper world , V.—Comp.superior,nus, gen.ōris, of place, higher, upper : superiorem partem collis castris compleverant, Cs.: tota domus vacat superior, the upper part of : labrum superius, the upper lip , Cs.: de loco superiore dicere, i. e. from the tribunal : causam cum agam de loco superiore, i. e. from the rostra : multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos, i. e. in formal discourses and in conversation : ex loco superiore proeliabantur, from an eminence , Cs.: ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, what is written above and below , i. e. the context : posteriori superius non iungitur. —Plur n . as subst: superiora muri, the upper parts (opp. ima), Cu.—Of time or order, former, past, previous, preceding : superiores solis defectiones: superioribus diebus, Cs.: in superiore vitā: pars legis: superius facinus novo scelere vincere: superioris more crudelitatis uti, N.: nuptiae, former marriage : vir, first husband .—Of age, older, elder, senior, more advanced, former : omnis iuventus omnesque superioris aetatis, Cs.: superior Africanus, the Elder.—Plur. m . as subst, elders, older men : superiorum aetas.—Fig., in a contest, victorious, conquering, stronger, superior : hostīs equitatu superiores esse intellegebat, Cs.: se quo impudentius egerit, hoc superiorem discessurum: semper discessit superior, N.: superiorem Appium in causā fecit, L.—Of quality or condition, higher, more distinguished, greater, better, superior : ii, qui superiores sunt, submittere se debent in amicitiā: premendoque superiorem sese extollebat, L.: pecuniis: honoris gradu.—Sup.suprēmus, highest, loftiest, topmost (poet.; cf. summus).—Partit.: clamore supremos Inplerunt montīs, the mountain-tops , V.: supremo In monte, on the summit , H.—Fig., of time or order, last, latest, extreme, final : Supremo te sole domi manebo, at sunset , H.: in te suprema salus, last hope , V.: Supremam bellis imposuisse manum, the finishing hand , O.—Of rank or degree, highest, greatest, most exalted, supreme, extreme : supreme Iuppiter, T.: macies, V.— The last of life, last, closing, dying, final : supremo vitae die: amplissime supremo suo die efferri: nec . . . Supremā citius die, i. e. not until death , H.: supplicium, i. e. the penalty of death : iter, H.: lumen, V.: sociam tori vocat ore supremo, with dying breath , O.: honor, i. e. the funeral rites , V.: tori, i. e. biers , O.: Troiae sorte supremā, V.—As subst n. : Ventum ad supremum est, to the last moment , V.: suprema ferre, i. e. the funeral offerings , V.