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|lshtext=<b>sŭper-sto</b>: āre, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a., to [[stand]] [[upon]] or [[over]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.): signa cum columnis, quibus superstabant, Liv. 40, 2, 2: columnae ([[statua]]), Suet. Galb. 23: essedis carrisque ([[hostis]]), Liv. 10, 28, 9: ruinis (armati), id. 38, 7, 5: corporibus hostium, id. 7, 24, 5: [[cumulus]] caesorum, id. 22, 59, 3: rupibus, id. 37, 27, 8: superstantes propugnaculis celsis, Amm. 20, 6, 4: (quem) lapsum superstans Immolat, Verg. A. 10, 540: ossa inhumata (volucres), Ov. H. 10, 123: corpora [[atque]] [[arma]] [[simul]] cumulata, Stat. Th. 2, 713.—Absol.: [[agger]] pondere superstantium in fossam procubuit, Liv. 10, 5, 11: cum armati superstantes subissent, id. 44, 9, 8. —<br /><b>II</b> To [[survive]] ( = superstitem esse; eccl. Lat.), Ennod. Epigr. 6, 1.
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