supero

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative of superar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.ro/
• Rhymes: -upero
• Hyphenation: sù‧pe‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin superus.

Adjective

supero (feminine supera, masculine plural superi, feminine plural supere)

1. higher
2. superior

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative of superare

Further reading

• supero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• supero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• supero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• sùpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology

From superus (“above”), from super (“above”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *upér (“over, above”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pe.ro/,

Verb

superō (present infinitive superāre, perfect active superāvī, supine superātum); first conjugation

1. to surmount, rise over, rise above, go over, ascend, overtop, mount
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.: 317:

     superantque cacūmina nūbēs.

     and the peaks rise above the clouds.

2. to go over, pass over, surpass, exceed, traverse

   Synonyms: praetereō, trānsgredior, trānseō, praeferō, trānsmittō, peragō, intrō

3. to be superior, surpass, exceed, excel, outdo, outstrip, be in excess, have the upper hand

   Synonyms: praepolleō, praestō, exsuperō

4. to be abundant, overflow
5. to overcome, overpower, conquer, subdue

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, pācō, conquestō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, ēvincō, caedō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō

6. to remain; to be left, left over, or left alone; to survive; to be safe, to be spared
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.596–598:

     “‘Nōn prius aspiciēs ubi fessum aetāte parentem
     līqueris Anchīsēn; superet coniūnxne Creūsā,
     Ascaniusque puer?’”

     “‘First, why don't you see where you left your father, Anchises, weary with age? Does Creüsa, survive? And the child, Ascanius?’”
     (Venus reminds Aeneas to return to his own family.)

Conjugation

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: shupãr, shupãrari
  • Romanian: supăra, supărare

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: sobrar
  • Occitan: sobrar

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: sobrar
  • Spanish: sobrar

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: soprare

Borrowings:

References

• “supero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines: superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum (both always in the sing.)
    
  • the water is up to, is above, the chest: aqua pectus aequat, superat
    
  • to double a cape: promunturium superare
    
  • to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    
  • to double an island, cape: superare insulam, promunturium
    
  • (ambiguous) heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu
• Hyphenation: su‧pe‧ro

Verb

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative of superar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: su‧pe‧ro

Verb

supero

1. first-person singular present indicative of superar