UPPER Copy link • UPPERLocally, superus: superior (of two): summus (the highest; of several). The upper story, pars superior aedium: the upper lip, labrum superius: the upper part of the town, partes urbis superiores: the upper part of anything, pars superior, also superior, or (when the whole upper part is meant) summus (in agreement with the substantive, which is governed by “of” in English; e.g., navis summa). With reference to rank: superior loco, or dignitate, or superior only. The upper classes [Vid: GENTRY]. To get the upper hand, vincere, superare, etc.; of anybody, aliquem; superiorem fieri; superiorem or victorem discedere.