insuper

in-sŭper, adv. and prep.

I.

Adv., above, on the top, overhead.

A.

Lit.:

cumulata videbis insuper esse aliis alia,

Lucr. 6, 192:

insuper bipedalibus trabibus immissis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; id. B. C. 2, 9:

montes insuper altos Imposuit,

Verg. A. 1, 61:

cumulatis in aquas sarcinis, insuper incumbebant,

Liv. 22, 2, 8:

eum muniunt undique parietes atque insuper camera,

Sall. C. 55, 4.—

2.

From above:

sed eam (manum) gravis insuper ictus Amputat,

Luc. 3, 610:

jugum insuper imminens,

Liv. 21, 34, 6; Tac. G. 16.—

B.

Transf., over and above, moreover, besides:

aut satisfaciat mihi, atque adjuret Insuper, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8:

parumne est quod amat, Ni sumptuosus insuper etiam siet,

id. Merc. 4, 2, 1:

etiam insuper defraudat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 38:

si id parum est, insuper poenas expetite,

Liv. 3, 67, 4; cf.:

stipendio etiam insuper imposito,

id. 21, 1, 5:

insuper quam,

besides that, id. 23, 7:

non negando minuendove, sed insuper amplificando ementiendoque,

Suet. Caes. 66:

haec insuper addidit,

Verg. A. 2, 593:

insuper habere, i. q. contemnere,

to make light of, to slight, Gell. 1, 19; 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 33; 4, 154, 7; Dig. 11, 7, 43; 34, 9, 17.—

II.

Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above.

A.

With acc. (rare):

insuper arbores trabem planam imponito,

Cato, R. R. 18, 5:

insuper eam exaequationem pila struatur,

Vitr. 5, 12, 4.—

B.

With abl. ( poet. and late Lat.):

insuper his, campi quod rex habet ipse Latinus,

Verg. A. 9, 274:

quibus (trabibus) insuper transtra sustinent culmen,

Vitr. 5, 1:

quo (tigno) insuper collocata erat materies,

id. 10, 21; cf. Hand, Turs. III. 383-387.