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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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  1. A. Prep.
    1. I. In a higher place.
      1. 1. sŭpĕr (with acc., rarely abl.); ab. the bricks hides are drawn, s. lateres coria inducuntur, Caes.: Nomentanus was ab. him (at table), Nomentanus erat s. ipsum, Hor.: ab. whose neck a sword hangs, ensis cui s. cervice pendet, Hor.
      2. 2. suprā (with acc.): he who lives ab. us, ille qui supra nos habitat, Pl.: ab. that place, supra eum locum, Caes.
    2. II. In a higher rank or degree:
      1. 1. sŭpĕr with acc.: ab. the usual honours, s. solitos honores, Liv.: age and beauty, and ab. all, the Roman name, aetas et forma et s. omnia Romanum nomen, Liv.
      2. 2. suprā (with acc.): to be raised ab. other mortals, attolli supra ceteros mortales, Plin.:
      3. 3. prae (with abl.): he flourished ab. the rest, prae ceteris floruit, Cic.: Virg.
    3. III. In greater number or quantity:
      1. 1. sŭpĕr (with acc.): ab. 60,000, s. sexaginta milia, Tac.
      2. 2. suprā (with acc.): ab. 20,000, supra milia viginti, Liv.
      3. 3. amplius, plusquam: v. MORE THAN.
    4. IV. In excess:
      1. 1. sŭper (with acc.): ab. measure, and almost ab. nature, super modum ac paene naturam, Quint.
      2. 2. suprā (with acc.): ab. measure, supra modum, Liv.: v. beyond.
    5. V. Beyond, out of the power or reach of: suprā (with acc.): ab. one's strength, supra vires, Hor.: v. beyond. Phr.: ab. all things, ante omnia, Liv.; summŏpĕrĕ. Cic.: to be ab. doing something; v. to be above.
  2. B. Adverb:
    1. I. Overhead:
      1. 1. suprā: those parts which are below what is swallowed are dilated, while those ab. are contracted, partes eae quae sunt infra id quod devoratur, dilatantur quae autem supra, contrahuntur, Cic.: all these things which are ab. and beneath, omnia haec quae s. et subter (sunt), Cic.: Caes.: Virg.
      2. 2. insŭper: huge Etna piled ab., ingens ins. Aetna imposita, Virg.: walls on every side and a vaulted roof ab. strengthen (the prison), eum muniunt undique parietes atque ins. camera, Sall.
      3. 3. dēsŭper (from above): there were found many who leaped into the phalanxes and wounded (the enemy) from ab., reperti sunt complures qui in phalangas insilirent et des. vulnerarent, Caes.: Virg.
      4. 4. sŭpernē (from above): he plunges his sword from ab. into his throat, gladium s. jŭgulo defigit, Liv.
    2. II. Before: suprā: what I wrote ab., quae s. scripsi, Cic.: Caes. The comparative, sŭpĕrĭus, sometimes occurs: I have said ab. how much esteemed literature was among men, quantum valerent inter homines literae dixi superius, Phaedr.