summas

summas, ātis, comm. [summa],

• of high or noble birth, high-born, noble, eminent, distinguished (ante- and post-class.): vir, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 90 (221); id. Stich. 3, 2, 36 (489); Amm.14, 6, 12; Sid. Ep. 3, 11: matronae, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 27 (27): dea, Ap. Met. 11, 22, 13; virgo, id. ib. 4, 23, 8; puella, Sid. Ep. 9, 6.

summās, ātis, c. (v. summus), einer von den Höchsten, Vornehmsten, vornehm, erhaben, viri, Plaut. u. Spät.: matronae, Plaut.: puella, Sidon.: dea, Apul.: virgo summas regionis, Apul. – Plur. subst., summātēs, um, m., die Höchsten, Vornehmsten, Amm. 20, 6, 1. – u. so summates Danaûm, Orest. tr. 908.

summas [CL], leading (citizen), belonging to the highest class, first rank, or sim., (as sb.) magnate. coepere post haec Normanni ~ates fere cuncti ‥ eum amplecti veneratione W. Poit. I 21; omnibus ‥ ~atibus regni fide et jurejurando cum rege constrictis G. Steph. 13; convocatis episcopis plurimis et ~atibus regnorum suorum W. Fitzst. Thom. 17.

summās, ātis, adj. m. f. , du plus haut rang, éminent : Pl. Cist. 25 ; St. 492 ; gén. pl. summatum Pl. Ps. 227.