ridge Copy link Outline 1. sŭpercĭlium (brow, projecting r.)2. expr. by dorsum (back) or jŭgum3. A r. between two furrows is called lira, or porca, Col. 2, 4, 8 • ridge: no exact gen. equiv.: the nearest expr. are:-- 1. sŭpercĭlium (brow, projecting r.): a lofty r., s. quoddam excelsum, Auct. B. Afr. 58: to stand at the bottom of the r., infimo s. stare, Liv. 27, 18: Virg.: v. brow. 2. expr. by dorsum (back) or jŭgum: v. chain (of mountains): he sends one legion by the same r., legionem unam eodem jugo mittit, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: a city lying along the r. of a hill, urbs porrecta in dorso montis, Liv. 1, 3: sometimes both words are connected: the unbroken r.s of the mountain chain, jugum quod montes inter se perpetuo dorso jungit, Liv. 41, 18: the top of the r. was almost level, dorsum ejus jugi prope aequum erat, Caes. B. G. 7, 44. 3. A r. between two furrows is called lira, or porca, Col. 2, 4, 8: also scamnum, ib. 2, 2, 25: Plin. Phr.: the collateral r.s (of a mountain), brachia, Plin. 5, 27, 27: the r.s of the Alps, culmina Alpium, Caes. B. G. 3, 2.