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superemineo

superemineo, to overtop, surmount, rise above, tower over

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

superēmineō, 2, n. and a.: to rise above, tower above, 1.501.
sŭpĕr-ēmĭnĕo, ēre, v. a. and n.,
  • to overtop, to appear or be above, to rise above (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
          • α 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.—
          • β 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.

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