superemineo

sŭpĕr-ēmĭnĕo, ēre, v. a. and n., to overtop, to appear or be above, to rise above ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

(α).

Act.:

victor viros supereminet omnes,

Verg. A. 6, 857:

umero undas,

id. ib. 10, 765:

fluctus omnes,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 49:

quas omnes aspis supereminens,

Amm. 22, 15, 27.—

(β).

Neutr.:

ut olivae premantur et jus superemineat,

Col. 12, 49, 1; Sen. Q. N. 5, 15, 1:

herba paulum supereminens extra aquam,

Plin. 26, 8, 33, § 50 (al. semper eminens).—Hence, sŭpĕrēmĭnens, entis, P. a., rising above, prominent; comp., Fulg. Cont. Virg. p. 146. — Sup., Aug. Spir. et Lit. 65.