upper Copy link Outline 1. sŭpĕrus (esp. of aërial and celestial things and persons, or of the world opposed to the lower regions)2. sŭpĕrior • upper: 1. sŭpĕrus (esp. of aërial and celestial things and persons, or of the world opposed to the lower regions): Cic.: Virg.: v. above, HIGHER. 2. sŭpĕrior: an u. room, s. caenaculum, Plaut. Am. 3. 1, 3: the u. part of the hill. s. pars collis, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: all the u. part of the house is unoccupied, tota domus s. vacat, Cic. Att. 12, 10: all the u. part of the Circus, summus Circus, Ov. Fast. 6, 205. Phr.: the u. classes, *ordines superiores, ampliores: to get the u. hand, sŭpĕro, vinco, superior discedo: v. overcome, conquer: on the u. side, supra: v. above, [ON THE] TOP: the u. part, superficies, Plin.
UPPER Copy link • UPPERLocally, superus: superior (of two): summus (the highest; of several). The upper story, pars superior aedium: the upper lip, labrum superius: the upper part of the town, partes urbis superiores: the upper part of anything, pars superior, also superior, or (when the whole upper part is meant) summus (in agreement with the substantive, which is governed by “of” in English; e.g., navis summa). With reference to rank: superior loco, or dignitate, or superior only. The upper classes [Vid: GENTRY]. To get the upper hand, vincere, superare, etc.; of anybody, aliquem; superiorem fieri; superiorem or victorem discedere.