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Subter
SUB'TER
, a Latin preposition, signifies under.Definition 2024
subter
subter
Latin
Alternative forms
Adverb
subter (not comparable)
- below, beneath, underneath
- Supra et subter. ― Above and beneath.
Related terms
- subterius, the opposite of superius
Preposition
subter
- (with accusative) below, beneath, underneath, under
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanes 1.20
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[…] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.
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1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
- […] anger in the breast, and desire under the præcordia.
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1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
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[…] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.
- Subter pineta. ― Below the pine-woods.
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- (with ablative) below, beneath, underneath, under
Derived terms
- subterfluō
- subterlabor
- subterfugiō
References
- subter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “subter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.