Lewis & Short

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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.

sŭpernus, a, um, adj. [super], that is above, on high, upper; celestial, supernal (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pars oris, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 69: vulnera, id. 2, 56, 57, § 147: Tusculum, lofty, i. e. standing on high ground, Hor. Epod. 1, 29; cf.: ballistae in humiliora ex supernis valentes, Amm. 19, 7, 5: superna (opp. inferna), Lucr. 5, 647: jactus ex supernis in infima, Gell. 9, 1, 2: album mutor in alitem Superna, above, Hor. C. 2, 20, 11 Muret. (al. superne): aquilones, qui alti supernique sunt, Gell. 2, 30, 9: partes, id. 12, 1, 13: numen, celestial, Ov. M. 15, 128: dei, Luc. 6, 430: lux, of the sun, id. 6, 733: leges, id. 9, 556: superna litora, the upper, i. e. northern shore, Mel. 2, 4.
Adv.: sŭpernē (with short e, Lucr. 6, 544; 6, 597; Hor. C. 2, 20, 11), from above, above, upwards: neve ruant caeli penetralia templa superne, Lucr. 1, 1105: superne in statione locata, id. 6, 192: desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Hor. A. P. 4: non peccat superne, id. S. 2, 7, 64: volvitur amnis, Verg. A. 6, 659: gladium superne jugulo defigit, Liv. 1, 25, 12; cf. id. 1, 51, 9; 7, 10, 9: hoc genus superne tendit, up, upwards, Plin. 19, 5, 25, § 76.