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superesse

superesse is a Latin form of supersum, meaning “be left over, survive”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 142 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.55.1: Treveri vero atque Indutiomarus totius hiemis nullum tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent, civitates sollicitarent, pecunias pollicerentur, magna parte exercitus nostri interfecta multo minorem superesse dicerent partem.

Seneca the Younger, Oedipus 856: Superesse quare traditum infantem negas?

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.22.20.2: Superésse vitae sóspitem et supérstitem.

All forms of supersum (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.