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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sŭpernās</b>, ātis, m. f. n. ([[supernus]]), qui vient d’en [[haut]], de la mer Supérieure, de l’Adriatique : Plin. 15, 40 ; 16, 197, v. [[infernas]] &#124;&#124; subst. m., vent qui souffle de l’Adriatique [vent d’[[est]] : Vitr. Arch. 1, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=supernās, ātis ([[supernus]]), oberländisch, [[von]] der oberen [[Gegend]], [[bes]]. [[von]] dem Obermeere (Adriatischen Meere) herkommend (Ggstz. [[infernas]]), [[adamas]], [[August]], [[bei]] Macr.: [[abies]], Plin.: [[supernas]] ([[ventus]]), der [[Nordost]]-Drittel-[[Nordwind]], Vitr.: [[vinum]], Inscr.: [[terra]], Mart. Cap.
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