superabat

superabat is a Latin form of supero, meaning “overcome, defeat; surpass; pass over, rise above; survive, be left”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 32 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.14.4: Rostro enim noceri non posse cognoverant; turribus autem excitatis tamen has altitudo puppium ex barbaris navibus superabat, ut neque ex inferiore loco satis commode tela adigi possent et missa a Gallis gravius acciderent.

All forms of supero (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.