superemineo

Latin > English

superemineo supereminere, -, - V :: overtop, stand out above the level of

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭpĕr-ēmĭnĕo: ēre, v. a. and n.,
I to overtop, to appear or be above, to rise above (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
   (a)    Act.: victor viros supereminet omnes, Verg. A. 6, 857: umero undas, id. ib. 10, 765: fluctus omnes, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 49: quas omnes aspis supereminens, Amm. 22, 15, 27.—
   (b)    Neutr.: ut olivae premantur et jus superemineat, Col. 12, 49, 1; Sen. Q. N. 5, 15, 1: herba paulum supereminens extra aquam, Plin. 26, 8, 33, § 50 (al. semper eminens).—Hence, sŭpĕrēmĭnens, entis, P. a., rising above, prominent; comp., Fulg. Cont. Virg. p. 146. —Sup., Aug. Spir. et Lit. 65.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŭpĕrēmĭnĕō,¹⁴ ēre,
1 tr., s’élever au- dessus de, surpasser, aliquem, qqn : Virg. En. 6, 857 ; cf. 10, 765
2 intr., s’élever au-dessus, à la surface : Col. Rust. 12, 49, 1 ; Sen. Nat. 5, 15, 1 ; supereminentia verba Prisc. Gramm. 18, 139, etc., verbes exprimant la supériorité.

{{Georges |georg=super-ēmineo, ēre, I) intr. oben darüber hervor-, -herragen, Sen. nat. qu. 5, 15, 1. Colum. 12, 49, 1. Veget. mil. 4, 8 extr.: m. Dat., supereminens ceteris elephas, Ambr. de off. 1, 40, 198: übtr., supereminentia verba, Prisc. 18, 139. 142. 144: gaudia quasi in summo pectore supereminentia, Gell. 9, 9, 15; vgl. Muncker Fulg. Verg. contin. p. 153. – II) tr. oben [[über etwas hervorragen, etw. überragen, omnes, Verg. Aen. 1, 501: omnes viros, ibid. 6, 857: fluctas omnes, Ov. trist. 1, 2, 49: undas umero, Verg. Aen. 10, 765. }}