Meaning of superus | Babel Free

Definitions

above, upper, higher

adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō vī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram that [man] having been tossed about much – both on land and on sea – by the power of [those] above, because of the fierce, unforgetting anger of Juno (The travails of Aeneas are due to “higher powers,” i.e. the gods above. This poetic example shows the use of superum instead of superōrum for the genitive plural “of [those] above.” See: Aeneid; Juno (mythology).)”

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