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sŭperjectĭo, ōnis, f. [superjacio].

  1. * I. Lit., a throwing over or on: vestium, Arn. 3, 108.
  2. II. Trop., in rhet., an exaggeration, hyperbole, Quint. 8, 6, 67.

1. sŭperjectus, a, um, Part. of superjacio.

* 2. sŭperjectus, ūs, m. [superjacio], a leaping upon, covering, Col. 6, 36, 4.