Oxford Latin Dictionary
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sub under
sub is a Latin Preposition that primarily means under.
Definitions for sub
Wheelock's Latin
Preposition
- 1
+abl. with verbs of rest, +acc with verbs of motion, under, up under, close to
English derivatives:
subterranean suburb
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Preposition
- 1
(w. abl.). (Denoting a position lower than or beneath something) Under. (b) under the surface of (earth, water, etc.). (c) under, i.e. inside (an external part of the body or sim.); under (a covering,etc.). (d) to a position under.
- 2
(w. abl.). Down in (a valley or other depression).
- 3
(w. abl.). (w. ref. to downward pressure) Under (a load). (b) (denoting clothing, equipment, etc.). (esp.) under arms.
- 4
(w. abl.). Under (something considered as a shelter, cover, means of concealment, etc.).
- 5
(w. abl.). Under the form of, as represented by. (b) under (a pretended form), under the cloak of. (c) ~ nomine, etc., under the name, title, etc. (of).
Sentences with sub
Latin to English
Nāvis sub aquā fuit.Compare The ship was under water
Nihil sub sōle est novum.Compare There is nothing new under the sun.
Sub hastam hostis occidit.Compare He fell under the enemy's spear.
Fuge magna: licet sub paupere tecto reges et regum vita praecurrere amicos.Compare Flee grandeur: under a humble roof you may life a far happier life than kings and kings' friends.
At ingenium ingens inculto latet hoc sub corpore.Compare Under that uncouth outside are hidden vast gifts of mind.
Qui arbor consero, sub is lego alius fructus.Compare Another is gathering fruit under the tree which I planted.
En omne sub regnum Remi mortale concessit genus, idem loquuntur dissoni ritus, it ipsum sentiunt. Hoc destinatum quo magis ius Christiani nominis quodcumque terrarum iacet uno inligaret vinculo.Compare Lo, the whole human race has come under the rule of Remus: men of different ways of life now speak and think alike. This was preordained so that the rightful authority of the Christian name might unite in one bond all lands.
Argi et Lacedaemon, duo clarus urbs, lumen quondam Graceia, sub pes tuus relinquo?Compare Shall we leave beneath your feet Argos and Lacedaemon, two most illustrious cities, once the luminaries of Greece?
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1834.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sub (prep.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sub.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.sub on page 45
