superabilis
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭpĕrābĭlis: e, adj. supero,
I that may be got over or surmounted. *
I Lit.: murus, Liv. 25, 23, 12.—
II Trop., that may be overcome or subdued, conquerable, superable (very rare): non est per vim superabilis ulli, Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 27: invictos et nullis casibus superabiles Romanos praedicabant, Tac. A. 2, 25: an talis caecitas ac debilitas ope humanā superabiles forent, i. e. curable, id. H. 4, 81.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŭpĕrābĭlis,¹⁵ e (supero),
1 qui peut être franchi : Liv. 25, 23, 12
2 [fig.] dont on peut triompher, qu’on peut surmonter : Tac. Ann. 2, 25 ; H. 4, 81.
