superficies

sŭperfĭcĭes, ēi, f. [super-facies], the upper side of a thing, the top, surface.

I.

In gen. (post-Aug.):

testudinum,

the upper shell, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; 6, 24, 28, § 109; 9, 10, 12, § 35:

sardonychum,

id. 37, 6, 23, § 89:

aquae,

the surface, Col. 8, 15, 3:

arborum,

the part that grows above ground, id. 4, 11, 1; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; 19, 4, 19, § 56; Col. 11, 3, 21:

vitis,

id. Arb. 10, 2; 4, 29, 13; 4, 11, 2:

aedis,

the roof, Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13: Huperôion superficies, cenaculum, percula, Gloss. Philox.:

candelabri,

the upper part, in which the light is placed, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11:

terrae,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 6 et saep.—

II.

In partic.

A.

Jurid. Lat., a building, as standing above the ground:

cum aedes ex duabus rebus constent ex solo et superficie,

Dig. 41, 3, 23:

De superficiebus,

ib. 43, 18:

superficiem consules ex senatusconsulto aestimabunt,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; 4, 2, 5; Liv. 5, 54, 2; Dig. 23, 3, 32; 43, 17, 3, § 5; Col. 1, 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3286 al.—

Also in the collat. form SVPERFICIVM,

Inscr. Grut. 608, 8; Dig. 31, 3, 39; Kalend. Farnes. ap. Grut. 137, 2; 138, 2.—

B.

In math., a superficies (only length and breadth), Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 260; Rhem. Fann. Pond. 107; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 2, 6.