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Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
Verb
subeō (present infinitive subīre, perfect active subiī or subīvī, supine subitum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- to go under, come under; enter
- Synonyms: ineō, ingredior, introeō, intrō, succēdō, accēdō, invādō, immigrō
- Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō
- to come or go up to, approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; come or go on
- Synonyms: adorior, prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, aggredior, gradior, īnferō, succēdō, prōficiō
- Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēficiō, dēgredior, dēcēdō
- to succeed, follow, take place
- Synonyms: succēdō, excipiō, sequor
- to occur, come to mind
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.125–126:
- et sī quae subeunt, tēcum, liber, omnia ferrēs,
sarcina lātūrō magna futūrus erās.- And, book, if you were to carry with you all which are coming to mind, a heavy burden you would be to the one who will be carrying you!
(Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it were a living emissary he will send back to Rome. The poet mingles present and future tenses in this conditional “if–then” couplet.)
- to submit to, undergo, bear, endure
- Synonyms: tolerō, sustineō, patiō, accipiō, recipiō, sinō, suscipiō, sufferō, dūrō, ferō, perferō, sustentō, perpetior
- to approach stealthily, sneak up on
- to go up, mount, climb, scale
- Synonyms: īnscendō, cōnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, enitor, superscandō, suprascandō, ērēpō, scandō
- Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to subiī, but occasionally appears as subīvī.
Descendants
References
- “subeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- subeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to suffer mishap: calamitatem accipere, subire
- to incur danger, risk: pericula subire, adire, suscipere
- to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: vituperationem subire
- to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
- to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
- an idea strikes me: haec cogitatio subit animum
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to enter the house: tectum subire
- to submit to a punishment: poenam subire
- to advance to the walls protected by a covering of shields: testudine facta moenia subire (B. G. 2. 6)
- to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
- (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere