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Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under”) + -dō (“put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
subdō (present infinitive subdere, perfect active subdidī, supine subditum); third conjugation
- to put, place, set or lay under; set to or apply under
- to bring under, subject, subdue; expose
- to bring on, furnish, supply; yield, afford
- to put in the place of another person or thing, substitute
- to put something spurious in the place of another person or thing; substitute falsely; forge, counterfeit, make up
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References
- “subdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to put spurs to a horse: calcaria subdere equo