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Latin
Etymology
From super- + ēmineō (“stand out”), from ē- (“out of”), short form of ex-, + *mineō.
Pronunciation
Verb
superēmineō (present infinitive superēminēre, perfect active superēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (transitive, intransitive) to be above; appear, stand out or rise above; tower over or above; top or overtop
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.500–501:
- illa pharētram
fert umerō, gradiēnsque deās superēminet omnīs- Diana carries her quiver upon her shoulder, and as she walks, she rises above all other goddesses.
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References
- “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superemineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers