sŭpernus, a, um, adj. [super],
that is above , on high , upper; celestial , supernal (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Caes.): pars oris, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69: vulnera, id. 2, 56, 57, § 147: Tusculum, lofty , i. e. standing on high ground , Hor. Epod. 1, 29; cf.: ballistae in humiliora ex supernis valentes, Amm. 19, 7, 5: superna (opp. inferna), Lucr. 5, 647: jactus ex supernis in infima, Gell. 9, 1, 2: album mutor in alitem Superna, above , Hor. C. 2, 20, 11 Muret. (al. superne): aquilones, qui alti supernique sunt, Gell. 2, 30, 9: partes, id. 12, 1, 13: numen, celestial , Ov. M. 15, 128: dei, Luc. 6, 430: lux, of the sun , id. 6, 733: leges, id. 9, 556: superna litora, the upper , i. e. northern shore , Mel. 2, 4.—Adv.: sŭpernē (with short e, Lucr. 6, 544; 6, 597; Hor. C. 2, 20, 11), from above , above , upwards : neve ruant caeli penetralia templa superne, Lucr. 1, 1105: superne in statione locata, id. 6, 192: desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Hor. A. P. 4: non peccat superne, id. S. 2, 7, 64: volvitur amnis, Verg. A. 6, 659: gladium superne jugulo defigit, Liv. 1, 25, 12; cf. id. 1, 51, 9; 7, 10, 9: hoc genus superne tendit, up , upwards , Plin. 19, 5, 25, § 76.