above Copy link Outline A. Prep.I. In a higher place.1. sŭpĕr (with acc., rarely abl.); ab. the bricks hides are drawn, s. lateres coria inducuntur, Caes.2. suprā (with acc.)II. In a higher rank or degree1. sŭpĕr with acc.2. suprā (with acc.)3. prae (with abl.)III. In greater number or quantity1. sŭpĕr (with acc.)2. suprā (with acc.)3. amplius, plusquamIV. In excess1. sŭper (with acc.)2. suprā (with acc.)V. Beyond, out of the power or reach ofB. AdverbI. Overhead1. suprā2. insŭper3. dēsŭper (from above)4. sŭpernē (from above)II. Before • above: A. Prep. I. In a higher place. 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. suprā (with acc.): he who lives ab. us, ille qui supra nos habitat, Pl.: ab. that place, supra eum locum, Caes. II. In a higher rank or degree: 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. suprā (with acc.): to be raised ab. other mortals, attolli supra ceteros mortales, Plin.: 3. prae (with abl.): he flourished ab. the rest, prae ceteris floruit, Cic.: Virg. III. In greater number or quantity: 1. sŭpĕr (with acc.): ab. 60,000, s. sexaginta milia, Tac. 2. suprā (with acc.): ab. 20,000, supra milia viginti, Liv. 3. amplius, plusquam: v. MORE THAN. IV. In excess: 1. sŭper (with acc.): ab. measure, and almost ab. nature, super modum ac paene naturam, Quint. 2. suprā (with acc.): ab. measure, supra modum, Liv.: v. beyond. 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. B. Adverb: I. Overhead: 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. 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. 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. sŭpernē (from above): he plunges his sword from ab. into his throat, gladium s. jŭgulo defigit, Liv. 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.
ABOVE Copy link • ABOVE(A) Preposition, super (above, opposed to sub, subter): supra (opposed to infra, above, with implied reference to something below, used of position, not of motion). Of degree, super (famosissima super ceteros cena, Suet.: super omnia. Liv.: with numerals, super octingentos et quadraginta ante annos, Tac.): supra (supra modum; vires humanas; fidem; and with numerals, sociorum supra millia viginti, Liv.): ante (ante alias pulchritudine insignis, Liv.): praeter (nobilitatus praeter ceteros): plus, amplius (before numerals, quam being omitted, but the substantive not being placed in the ablative, plus ducentos milites desidcravit). e.g., cos super se collocavit: domes super se ipsos concremaverunt: supra terram est caelum. Out of, sese (Deus) extra omnem culpam posuit. PHRASE. To be above anybody, supra aliquem esse: superiorem esse aliquo: aliquem infra se positum habere. To be above anybody’s praise, alicujus laudibus majorem esse. Above a year, plus annum, or annum et eo diutius (e.g., to live with a person). Above forty years old, major quadraginta annis or annorum; natus est annos magis quadraginta; ainnum quadragesimum excessit (a year et quod excurrit belongs to late Latin). To put one thing above another, rem alii anteponere. To honor anybody above all men, aliquem primo loco habere, ponere; aliquem praeter ceteros omnes colore. To have nobody above one’s self, neminem habere superiorem, priorem. (B) Adverb, Supra (quae supra scripcs). From above, desuper (vulnerare, protegere, Caes.): superne (gladium superne jugulo defigere, Liv.: incessere, Curt.).
ABOVE, TO BE ABOVE Copy link • ABOVE, TO BE ABOVETo be better, praestare. To stand out from, exstare (ex aqua, etc.). To be above doing anything, non eum esae qui aliquid faciat. You ought to be above making pleasure your chief good, temperantior esse debea, quam qui summum bonum in voluptate ponas. The water is hardly above the knees, aqua vix genua superat, (Liv.). Let all be fair and above-board, ne qua fraus, ne quis dolus adhibeatur (Cic.); nihil sitnon apertum atque simplex.