adverb
īnsuper
īnsuper (not comparable)
Classical[ˈĩː.sʊ.pɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.su.per]
Meaning
- not comparableoverhead
- not comparableabove
- not comparablebesides, furthermore, what's more, in addition
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
on top, above
īnsuper — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Præterea · Insuper · Ultro
Præterea intimates something that completes what is gone before, as πρὸς τούτοις; insuper, something in addition to what is gone before, like πρόσετι; lastly, ultro, something that exceeds what has gone before, so striking as to cast it into the back-ground. (iii. 108.)
in-sŭper, adv. and prep.
I. Adv., above, on the top, overhead.
A. Lit.:
cumulata videbis insuper esse aliis alia, Lucr. 6, 192: insuper bipedalibus trabibus immissis, Caes. B. G. 4, 17; id. B. C. 2, 9: montes insuper altos Imposuit, Verg. A. 1, 61: cumulatis in aquas sarcinis, insuper incumbebant, Liv. 22, 2, 8: eum muniunt undique parietes atque insuper camera, Sall. C. 55, 4.— 2. From above:
sed eam (manum) gravis insuper ictus Amputat, Luc. 3, 610: jugum insuper imminens, Liv. 21, 34, 6; Tac. G. 16.— B. Transf., over and above, moreover, besides:
aut satisfaciat mihi, atque adjuret Insuper, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8: parumne est quod amat, Ni sumptuosus insuper etiam siet, id. Merc. 4, 2, 1: etiam insuper defraudat, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 38: si id parum est, insuper poenas expetite, Liv. 3, 67, 4; cf.: stipendio etiam insuper imposito, id. 21, 1, 5: insuper quam, besides that, id. 23, 7: non negando minuendove, sed insuper amplificando ementiendoque, Suet. Caes. 66: haec insuper addidit, Verg. A. 2, 593: insuper habere, i. q. contemnere, to make light of, to slight, Gell. 1, 19; 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 33; 4, 154, 7; Dig. 11, 7, 43; 34, 9, 17.— II. Prep. with acc. and abl., over, above.
A. With acc. (rare):
insuper arbores trabem planam imponito, Cato, R. R. 18, 5: insuper eam exaequationem pila struatur, Vitr. 5, 12, 4.— B. With abl. (poet. and late Lat.):
insuper his, campi quod rex habet ipse Latinus, Verg. A. 9, 274: quibus (trabibus) insuper transtra sustinent culmen, Vitr. 5, 1: quo (tigno) insuper collocata erat materies, id. 10, 21; cf. Hand, Turs. III. 383-387.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-super adv.,
above, on the top, overhead: insuper bipedalibus trabibus immissis, Cs.: montīs insuper altos Imposuit, V.: cumulatis in aquas sarcinis, insuper incumbebant, L.: circumvelari, O.—From above: iugum insuper imminens, L.: (specūs) insuper firmo onerant, Ta.— Over and above, moreover, besides: insuper scelus Vestem discidit, T.: si id parum est, insuper poenas expetite, L.: illa insuper quam quae pacta erant facinora, L.: haec insuper addidit, V.: Insuper his, quod, etc. (i. e. his addam insuper, etc.), V.
Origins
From in- + super.