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|lshtext=<b>sŭpernas</b>: ātis, adj. [[supernus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the [[upper]] [[country]], [[upper]] or [[northern]], as regards [[Rome]] ([[post]]-Aug.): Caretini (opp. infernates), Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106: [[abies]], i. e. growing on the Upper or Adriatic Sea (opp. [[infernas]], of the Tyrrhene Sea), id. 16, 39, 76, § 197: persica e Sabinis, id. 15, 12, 11, § 40: VINVM, Inscr. Rein. cl. 3, n. 88; cf. Inscr. Orell. 995: [[ventus]], the northeast-by-[[north]] [[wind]], Vitr. 1, 6.—[[Augustus]] [[jestingly]] called [[Maecenas]] [[adamas]] [[supernas]] (as the Adriatic produced no diamonds), Macr. S. 2, 4.
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