supero

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative form of superar

Borrowed from Latin superus.

supero (feminine singular supera, masculine plural superi, feminine plural supere)

1. higher
2. superior

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative of superare

From superus (“above”), from super (“above”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. .

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.roː/, [ˈsʊ.pɛ.roː]

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superō (present infinitive superāre, perfect active superāvī, supine superātum); first conjugation

1. I surmount, rise over, go over, ascend
2. I sail by, pass
3. I surpass, exceed, outdo
4. I am abundant, overflow
5. I overcome, overpower, conquer, subdue
6. I remain; I am left; I survive

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• supero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines: superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum (both always in the sing.)
    
  • the water is up to, is above, the chest: aqua pectus aequat, superat
    
  • to double a cape: promunturium superare
    
  • to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    
  • to double an island, cape: superare insulam, promunturium
    
  • (ambiguous) heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria
    

supero

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of superar

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeɾo/

supero

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of superar.