in-sŭper, adv. and prep.
I Adv., above , on the top , overhead.
A Lit.: cumulata videbis insuper esse aliis alia, Lucr. 6, 192: insuper bipedalibus trabibus immissis, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; id. B. C. 2, 9: montes insuper altos Imposuit, Verg. A. 1, 61: cumulatis in aquas sarcinis, insuper incumbebant, Liv. 22, 2, 8: eum muniunt undique parietes atque insuper camera, Sall. C. 55, 4.—
2 From above : sed eam (manum) gravis insuper ictus Amputat, Luc. 3, 610: jugum insuper imminens, Liv. 21, 34, 6; Tac. G. 16.—
B Transf., over and above , moreover , besides : aut satisfaciat mihi, atque adjuret Insuper, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8: parumne est quod amat, Ni sumptuosus insuper etiam siet, id. Merc. 4, 2, 1: etiam insuper defraudat, Ter. Ad. 246: si id parum est, insuper poenas expetite, Liv. 3, 67, 4; cf.: stipendio etiam insuper imposito, id. 21, 1, 5: insuper quam, besides that , id. 23, 7: non negando minuendove, sed insuper amplificando ementiendoque, Suet. Caes. 66: haec insuper addidit, Verg. A. 2, 593: insuper habere, i. q. contemnere, to make light of , to slight , Gell. 1, 19; 4, 1; Ap. Met. 1, 25, 13; 4, 25, 17; Dig. 11, 7, 43; 34, 9, 17.—
II Prep. with acc. and abl., over , above.
A With acc. (rare): insuper arbores trabem planam imponito, Cato R. R. 18, 5: insuper eam exaequationem pila struatur, Vitr. 5, 12, 4.—
B With abl. (poet. and late Lat.): insuper his, campi quod rex habet ipse Latinus, Verg. A. 9, 274: quibus (trabibus) insuper transtra sustinent culmen, Vitr. 5, 1: quo (tigno) insuper collocata erat materies, id. 10, 21; cf. Hand, Turs. III. 383-387.