super

Latin preposition

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning above
Literal translation above
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super
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above expression of relative position

quae super exortum est a summo tertia caelo, infelix regio rebusque inimica futuris et vitio fecunda nimis;

‘The [place] that is immediately above the Horoscope and is the next but one to heaven’s zenith is a temple of ill omen, hostile to future activity and all too fruitful of bane;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.864 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 150-151

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). super (Lemma #2218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). super (Lemma #2218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). super (Lemma #2218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) super (Lemma #2218), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2218,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {super ({Lemma} #2218)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2218/},
}