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Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under, up towards”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
Verb
subveniō (present infinitive subvenīre, perfect active subvēnī, supine subventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue
66 BCE,
Cicero,
Pro Cluentio 4:
- Nōn est nostrī ingenī, vestrī auxilī est, iūdicēs, huius innocentiae sīc in hāc calamitōsā fāmā quasi in aliquā perniciōsissimā flammā atque in commūnī incendiō subvenīre.
- 1856 translation by C. D. Yonge
- It is a matter requiring your aid, O judges; it becomes you to come to the assistance of the innocence of this man attacked by such a ruinous calumny, as you would in the case of a destructive fire or of a general conflagration.
- 13th c., Lucas of Tuy, De Altera Vita, prologue:
videntur in parte favere temerario studio falsitatis […] asserentes praelatos Ecclesiae Christi animabus mortuorum fidelium remissionum indulgentiis non posse ullatenus subvenire- They seem, in part, to favour a reckless zeal for falsehood asserting that the prelates of Christ's church cannot help, to any extent, the souls of the faithful dead with sin-forgiving indulgences
- to come up, come to mind, occur to
Usage notes
- In Classical Latin, subveniō was intransitive, with its object expressed in the dative case.
- In Medieval Latin, subveniō was sometimes transitive.
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References
- “subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subvenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.