survive Copy link Outline 1. sŭpersum, fui, esse2. sŭpĕro, 13. sŭperstes sum4. sŭpervīvo, xi, 35. in vīta măneo • survive: 1. sŭpersum, fui, esse: he s.d his father, superfuit patri, Liv. 1, 34: while those who had seen it were still s.ing, quum superessent adhuc qui spectaverant, Suet. Claud. 21. 2. sŭpĕro, 1: whichever of the two may s., uter eorum vita superarit, Caes. B. C. 6, 18: does Ascanius s.? superatne Ascanius? Virg. Aen. 3, 339. 3. sŭperstes sum: their own sons s.d them, sui sibi liberi superstites erant, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72. 4. sŭpervīvo, xi, 3: he s.'d his own reputation thirty years, gloriae suae triginta annis s., Plin. Ep. 2, 1. 5. in vīta măneo: Cic. Fam. 4, 13. Phr.: if I s., si vita suppetet, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11: I pray the gods your wife may s. you, deos oro ut vitae tuae superstes suppetat uxor, Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 19.
SURVIVE Copy link • SURVIVEsuperstitem esse, with a dative (☞ rarely with a genitive in the best writers): superesse, with a dative (☞ supervivere in the Silver Age): vita superare, with an accusative. To survive only a short time, non diu superstitem esse.