Superi

[ soo-puh-rahy, -ree ]

plural noun

1. (in ancient Rome) the gods.

Example Sentences

O superi, non hoc ire sed isse fuit.

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Dii superi, furit his oculis! hoc asper in ore est!

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Illis, � Superi, quis sic neget ebrius esse?

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He gives us a strange picture of himself at Eton, walking slowly in the Playing Fields while his comrades were at their games, with his head on one side, kicking the stones with his feet, while he murmured to himself the lines of Claudian: Saepe mihi dubiam traxit sententia mentem; Curarent Superi terras; an nullus inesset Rector, et incerto fluerent mortalia casu.

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Super is the root of Superi = To surpass.

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