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sŭper-nans, nantis, Part. [no], swimming above or at top, Macr. S. 7, 12.
sŭpernas, ātis, adj. [supernus], of or belonging to the upper country, upper or northern, as regards Rome (post-Aug.): Caretini (opp. infernates), Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106: abies, i. e. growing on the Upper or Adriatic Sea (opp. infernas, of the Tyrrhene Sea), id. 16, 39, 76, § 197: persica e Sabinis, id. 15, 12, 11, § 40: VINVM, Inscr. Rein. cl. 3, n. 88; cf. Inscr. Orell. 995: ventus, the northeast-by-north wind, Vitr. 1, 6.
Augustus jestingly called Maecenas adamas supernas (as the Adriatic produced no diamonds), Macr. S. 2, 4.
sŭper-năto, āre, v. n., to swim above or on top, to float (post-Aug.), Col. 12, 9, 2; Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 65; 28, 9, 35, § 134; App. M. 6, p. 180, 36; Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 179.
With dat.: arieti (Phryxum), App. M. 6, p. 185, 33.
sŭper-nātus, a, um, Part. [nascor], growing over or above: gravia ulcera, Cels. 8, 2: caule, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 45.