upper
upper
adj.
Use P. and V. ὁ ἄ̆νω.
The upper city: P. ἡ ἄνω πόλις·
Get the upper hand, v.: P. and V. κρᾰτεῖν, κρείσσων εἶναι, P. ἐπιπολάζειν, πλεονεκτεῖν.
Having the upper hand, adj.: P. καθυπέρτερος, V. ὑ̆πέρτερος.
adj.
Use P. and V. ὁ ἄ̆νω.
The upper city: P. ἡ ἄνω πόλις·
Get the upper hand, v.: P. and V. κρᾰτεῖν, κρείσσων εἶναι, P. ἐπιπολάζειν, πλεονεκτεῖν.
Having the upper hand, adj.: P. καθυπέρτερος, V. ὑ̆πέρτερος.
UPPER
Locally superus: superior (of two): summus (the highest; of several). The upper story pars superior aedium: the upper lip labrum superius: the upper part of the town partes urbis superiores: the upper part of anything pars superior also superior or (when the whole upper part is meant) summus (in agreement with the substantive which is governed by “of” in English; e.g. navis summa).
With reference to rank: superior loco or dignitate or superior only. The upper classes [Vid: GENTRY].
To get the upper hand vincere superare etc.; of anybody aliquem; superiorem fieri; superiorem or victorem discedere.
Locally superus: superior (of two): summus (the highest; of several). The upper story pars superior aedium: the upper lip labrum superius: the upper part of the town partes urbis superiores: the upper part of anything pars superior also superior or (when the whole upper part is meant) summus (in agreement with the substantive which is governed by “of” in English; e.g. navis summa).
With reference to rank: superior loco or dignitate or superior only. The upper classes [Vid: GENTRY].
To get the upper hand vincere superare etc.; of anybody aliquem; superiorem fieri; superiorem or victorem discedere.
upper:
1. sŭpĕrus (esp. of aërial and celestial things and persons, or of the world opposed to the lower regions): Cic.: Virg. v.ABOVE , HIGHER .
2. sŭpĕrior: an u. room, s. caenaculum, Plaut. Am. 3. 1, 3: the u. part of the hill. s. pars collis, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: all the u. part of the house is unoccupied, tota domus s. vacat, Cic. Att. 12, 10: all the u. part of the Circus, summus Circus, Ov. Fast. 6, 205. Phr.: the u. classes, *ordines superiores, ampliores: to get the u. hand, sŭpĕro, vinco, superior discedo: v.OVERCOME , CONQUER : on the u. side, supra: v. ABOVE , [ON THE] TOP : the u. part, superficies, Plin.
1. sŭpĕrus (esp. of aërial and celestial things and persons, or of the world opposed to the lower regions): Cic.: Virg. v.
2. sŭpĕrior: an u. room, s. caenaculum, Plaut. Am. 3. 1, 3: the u. part of the hill. s. pars collis, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: all the u. part of the house is unoccupied, tota domus s. vacat, Cic. Att. 12, 10: all the u. part of the Circus, summus Circus, Ov. Fast. 6, 205. Phr.: the u. classes, *ordines superiores, ampliores: to get the u. hand, sŭpĕro, vinco, superior discedo: v.