Superbus

sŭperbus, a, um, adj. [super; cf. Gr. huperbios].

I.

In a bad sense, that thinks himself above others, haughty, proud, arrogant, insolent, discourteous, uncivil, rude, supercilious, domineering (cf.: arrogans, insolens, fastidiosus, vanus, elatus): reges odisse superbos, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7:

reges,

Lucr. 5, 1222:

domini,

id. 2, 1091; Verg. A. 12, 236:

juvenis,

id. ib. 3, 326; 10, [p. 1805] 514:

victor,

id. G. 3, 226:

non decet superbum esse hominem servom,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 64:

freti virtute et viribus superbi,

id. Am. 1, 1, 58:

superbum se praebuit in fortunā,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 1:

vide ne superbi (animi) sit aspernari ejusdem liberalitatem,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:

atque meo nunc Superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

licet superbus ambules pecuniā,

id. ib. 4, 5:

opibus superbi,

Verg. A. 5, 268:

utrum superbiorem te pecunia facit, an quod te imperator consulit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1:

laudato pavone superbior,

Ov. M. 13, 802:

homines superbissimi,

Sall. J. 31, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 57, 6: eum, qui de suā unius sententiā omnia gerat, superbum judico magis quam sapientem,

Liv. 44, 22, 11:

non respondere vereor, ne superbum sit,

id. 42, 40, 2.—In a pun on the literal meaning of super: Merc. Faciam ego te superbum, nisi hinc abis. So. Quonam modo? Merc. Auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, I will make you, i. e. one who rides or is carried, rather than walks, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 201.—

b.

Transf., of things concr. or abstr.:

aures,

Liv. 34, 5, 13:

oculi,

Ov. M. 6, 169:

arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 5:

postisque superbos Unguit amaracino,

Lucr. 4, 1179:

sceptra,

id. 5, 1137:

voces,

id. 5, 1173:

dens,

delicate, fastidious, squeamish, Hor. S. 2, 6, 87:

corpus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 109:

inguen,

id. Epod. 8, 19:

manus,

Sen. Med. 205:

vultus,

id. Herc. Fur. 721:

non est inhumana virtus neque immanis neque superba,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

victoria, quae naturā insolens et superba est,

id. Marcell. 3, 9:

pax,

Liv. 9, 12, 1:

jura,

id. 31, 29, 9; cf.:

superbissima lex,

id. 4, 4, 10:

mutatio vestis,

id. 9, 18, 4:

vita,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 48:

aures quarum est judicium superbissimum,

i. e. very severe, utterly impartial, Cic. Or. 44, 150:

scilicet aspera mea natura, difficilis aditus, superba responsa,

uncivil, arrogant, id. Vatin. 3, 8:

cujus tu superbissima decreta et preces repudiasti,

id. Pis. 27, 64:

ipsum dicendi genus nihil superbum, nihil elatum saltem ac sublime desideret,

Quint. 6, 2, 19; cf. id. 11, 1, 37.—With foll. inf., Sil. 3, 374; 12, 433; 14, 646.— Neutr. absol.:

reliqua multo major multitudo neque excluderetur suffragiis, ne superbum esset, nec valeret nimis, ne esset periculosum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

superba loqui,

Prop. 1, 10, 22.—Superbum est, with a subject-clause, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 45; Ov. M. 13, 17.—

B.

Sŭperbus, i, m., surname of the younger Tarquin, the last king of Rome, Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; Liv. 1, 49, 1; Ov. F. 2, 718 al.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58.—

II.

In a good sense, proud, superior, excellent, distinguished; splendid, magnificent, superb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae (virtus) inter hanc fortunam et illam superba incedit cum magno utriusque contemptu,

Sen. Ep. 76, 21:

populum late regem belloque superbum,

Verg. A. 1, 21:

animae virtute et factis,

Sil. 10, 573:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 3; 1, 37, 31:

merum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 27; cf.:

limina civium potentiorum,

id. Epod. 2, 7:

postes,

id. C. 4, 15, 7:

Tibur,

Verg. A. 7, 630:

Phoebe superbe lyrā,

Tib. 4, 2, 22:

sedes Dolopum,

Verg. A. 2, 785; Cat. 64, 85:

domus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 509:

dapes,

Mart. 3, 45, 3.—

B.

In partic.

1.

Superba pira, an excellent kind of pear, perh. the muscatel, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; cf. superbia, II. B.—

2.

Olivae, of a very large and plump kind, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17.—

3.

Herba = chamaemeli, App. Herb. 23.—Hence, adv. (acc. to I.), haughtily, proudly, superciliously.

(α).

Form sŭ-perbē, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 38; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 22; Lucr. 5, 1224:

imperare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 (with crudeliter); Liv. 2, 45, 6 (with insolenter); 37, 10, 2 (with contemptim); 24, 25, 8 (opp. humiliter); 9, 14;

10, 10: Rhodii, superbe commemoratis meritis suis, etc.,

id. 44, 14, 8.—

(β).

Form sŭperbĭter (anteclass.), Naev. and Afran. ap. Non. 515, 10 sq.; 516, 1; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Enn. p. 180, 40 Vahl.).—

b.

Comp.:

superbius,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

preces alicujus superbius accipere,

Tac. A. 2, 37.—

c.

Sup.:

superbissime,

Cic. Pis. 27, 64.