superfero

sŭper-fĕro, ferre, v. a.

I.

To carry over or beyond, to place or put over (postAug.):

pedem parturienti,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 103. — Pass., to go, ride, fly, swim, etc., over:

pisces,

Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58; App. de Mundo fin.; Tert. Bapt. 4; Mart. Cap. 8, § 882. —

II.

To carry over or beyond the time:

periclitari partus, si superferatur,

Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133. —

B.

To raise high, carry over the head:

aurum,

Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84.—Hence, sŭperlātus, a, um, P. a., extravagant, excessive, exaggerated:

verba (with translata),

Cic. Part. Or. 15, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 43.