"desuper" meaning in Latin

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Adverb

IPA: [ˈdeː.sʊ.pɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdɛː.s̬u.per] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: dēsuper [canonical]
Etymology: From dē- (“from”) + super (“above”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|la|dē<t:from>|super<t:above>}} dē- (“from”) + super (“above”) Head templates: {{la-adv|dēsuper|-}} dēsuper (not comparable)
  1. from above or overhead Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: dēsūrsum
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        {
          "english": "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.s̬u.per]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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          "english": "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.4",
          "text": "Non facies tibi sculptile, neque omnem similitudinem quae est in caelo desuper, et quae in terra deorsum, nec eorum quae sunt in aquis sub terra.",
          "translation": "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from above or overhead"
      ],
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          "above",
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          "overhead"
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        {
          "word": "dēsūrsum"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.s̬u.per]",
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