superiacio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭper-jăcĭo: jēci, jectum (superjactus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non 503, 33; Tac. H. 5, 6), 3, v. a.
I To cast or throw over or upon (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
   A Lit.: membra superjectā cum tua veste fovet, Ov. H. 16, 222: semina de tabulato, Col. 2, 17, 2: folia, id. 2, 1, 6: aggerem, Suet. Calig. 19: se rogo, Val. Max. 1, 8, 10; 6, 6, 1 fin.: ut ille ardentibus tectis superjaceretur, id. 3, 2, ext. 7: et superjecto pavidae natarunt Aequore damae, i. e. spread over the earth, overwhelming, Hor. C. 1, 2, 11: Phrygia Troadi superjecta, situated above Troas, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.—*
   B Trop., to overdo, exaggerate: superjecere quidam augendo fidem, Liv. 10, 30, 4: beneficia ( = superare), Sen. Ben. 3, 32 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 4.—
II To overtop with any thing (very rare): pontus scopulos superjacit unda, Verg. A. 11, 625: arbores tantae proceritatis, ut sagittis superjaci nequeant, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.