superemineo
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
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.
