superbio

sŭperbĭo, īre, 4, v. n. [superbus], to be haughty or proud, to take pride in a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Lit.: si habes quod liqueat, neque respondes, superbis, * Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94 Orell. (dub.;

B. and K. and Halm, superbe): ut nostris tumefacta superbiat Umbria libris,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 63:

avi nomine,

Ov. M. 11, 218:

patriis actis,

id. H. 8, 43:

formā multa superbit avis,

id. Med. Fac. 34:

formā,

id. A. A. 3, 103:

nimis triumviratu suo,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122:

honore,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 38:

superbire miles, quod, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 19 fin. — Poet. with inf.:

spoliare superbit Oenides,

disdains, Stat. Th. 8, 588.— Absol., Vulg. Deut. 17, 12 al.—

II.

Transf., of things and in a good sense, to be superb, splendid, magnificent:

et quae sub Tyriā concha superbit aquā,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 22:

torus radiis auri,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 79:

silva Phlegraeis exuviis,

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337:

hac (gemma) apud Menandrum et Philemonem fabulae superbiunt,

Plin. 37, 7, 33, § 106.