subicio
Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under, beneath; at the foot of; close to”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /subˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊbˈi̯ɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /subˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [subˈjiːt͡ʃio]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /suˈbi.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊˈbɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈbi.t͡ʃi.o/, [suˈbiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
subiciō (present infinitive subicere, perfect active subiēcī, supine subiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, lay, place or bring under or near
- I subdue
- I supply
- I forge, counterfeit
- I subject, submit
- I prompt, propose
Usage notes
- In post-Augustan poetry the first syllable of verb forms was generally made light.
Conjugation
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Descendants
- English: subject
References
- “subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere
- to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid
- to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid
- to produce a false will: testamentum subicere, supponere
- to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
- to make one's submission to some one: se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)
- (ambiguous) the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est
- (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)
- to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere