superabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŭpĕrābĭlis, e, adj. [supero], that may be got over or surmounted. *

I Lit.: murus, Liv. 25, 23, 12.—

II Trop., that may be overcome or subdued , conquerable , superable (very rare): non est per vim superabilis ulli, Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 27: invictos et nullis casibus superabiles Romanos praedicabant, Tac. A. 2, 25: an talis caecitas ac debilitas ope humanā superabiles forent, i. e. curable , id. H. 4, 81.

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