superemineo
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
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.
