exceed Copy link Outline 1. excēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go beyond the limits of2. ēgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (= excedo3. sŭpĕro, 1 (to rise above, excel)4. expr. by supra5. expr. by compar. of adj. • exceed: 1. excēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go beyond the limits of: with acc., but not in Cic.): to e. the sum of 80,000, summam octoginta millium ex., Liv.: rashness e.ing belief, temeritas fidem excedens, Vell.: to e. the limit of veracity (as a historian), ex. modum actae rei, Plin. Ep. 2. ēgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (= excedo: in Cic. foll. by extra and acc.; in later authors, with direct acc.): to e. [i. e. overstep] one's limits, extra cancellos e., Cic. Quint. 10, 36: to e. due limits, modum e., Liv.; Tac. 3. sŭpĕro, 1 (to rise above, excel): lest the outlay e. the profit, ne sumptus fructum s., Varr.: Tac.: v. to surpass. (The comp. exsupero also occurs in this sense: not only to equal, but even to e. any one's renown, alicujus laudes non solum assequi, sed etiam ex. Liv. Plin.) 4. expr. by supra: (affection) so great that nothing can e. it, tantus ut nihil supra possit [esse], Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5 (the esse is doubtful here, but is omitted elsewhere: "ita accurate ut nihil supra," Att. 13, 19, 3): Ter.: the number of slain e.'d 20,000, caesa supra viginti millia, Liv. Simly by ultra: to e. a limit, ultra modum progredi, Cic. (v. beyond), an oration most elegantly written, so that nothing could e. it, oratio scripta elegantissime, ut nihil possit ultra, Cic. Att. 15, 1, med. 5. expr. by compar. of adj.: to e. Milo in strength, Croesus in riches, *Milone robustiorem, Croeso ditiorem esse: see the several adjj.