subsido
Latin
Etymology
From sub- + sīdō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /subˈsiː.doː/, [s̠ʊpˈs̠iːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /subˈsi.do/, [subˈsiːd̪o]
Verb
subsīdō (present infinitive subsīdere, perfect active subsēdī, supine subsessum); third conjugation
- I crouch, squat, sit down, set down, sink
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.457:
- iam levis oblīqua subsēdit Aquārius urna
- Aquarius crouches down, now lightened [of his burden], his water-jar tilted [emptied].
Now unburdened, his water-jar emptied, Aquarius sets.
(A skillful poet's word-play: Ovid's use of subsēdit can be understood as the mythological figure’s crouching stance as he pours out his water-jar, or the setting of the constellation beneath the horizon. See Aquarius (constellation).)
- Aquarius crouches down, now lightened [of his burden], his water-jar tilted [emptied].
- iam levis oblīqua subsēdit Aquārius urna
- I settle, subside
- Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, possideō, resideō, iaceō, cōnsīdō, colō, incolō, stabulō, vīvō, versō
- I crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush
- I run aground
Conjugation
Conjugation of subsīdō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | subsīdō | subsīdis | subsīdit | subsīdimus | subsīditis | subsīdunt |
imperfect | subsīdēbam | subsīdēbās | subsīdēbat | subsīdēbāmus | subsīdēbātis | subsīdēbant | |
future | subsīdam | subsīdēs | subsīdet | subsīdēmus | subsīdētis | subsīdent | |
perfect | subsēdī | subsēdistī | subsēdit | subsēdimus | subsēdistis | subsēdērunt, subsēdēre | |
pluperfect | subsēderam | subsēderās | subsēderat | subsēderāmus | subsēderātis | subsēderant | |
future perfect | subsēderō | subsēderis | subsēderit | subsēderimus | subsēderitis | subsēderint | |
passive | present | subsīdor | subsīderis, subsīdere | subsīditur | subsīdimur | subsīdiminī | subsīduntur |
imperfect | subsīdēbar | subsīdēbāris, subsīdēbāre | subsīdēbātur | subsīdēbāmur | subsīdēbāminī | subsīdēbantur | |
future | subsīdar | subsīdēris, subsīdēre | subsīdētur | subsīdēmur | subsīdēminī | subsīdentur | |
perfect | subsessus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | subsessus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | subsessus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | subsīdam | subsīdās | subsīdat | subsīdāmus | subsīdātis | subsīdant |
imperfect | subsīderem | subsīderēs | subsīderet | subsīderēmus | subsīderētis | subsīderent | |
perfect | subsēderim | subsēderīs | subsēderit | subsēderīmus | subsēderītis | subsēderint | |
pluperfect | subsēdissem | subsēdissēs | subsēdisset | subsēdissēmus | subsēdissētis | subsēdissent | |
passive | present | subsīdar | subsīdāris, subsīdāre | subsīdātur | subsīdāmur | subsīdāminī | subsīdantur |
imperfect | subsīderer | subsīderēris, subsīderēre | subsīderētur | subsīderēmur | subsīderēminī | subsīderentur | |
perfect | subsessus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | subsessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | subsīde | — | — | subsīdite | — |
future | — | subsīditō | subsīditō | — | subsīditōte | subsīduntō | |
passive | present | — | subsīdere | — | — | subsīdiminī | — |
future | — | subsīditor | subsīditor | — | — | subsīduntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | subsīdere | subsēdisse | subsessūrum esse | subsīdī | subsessum esse | subsessum īrī | |
participles | subsīdēns | — | subsessūrus | — | subsessus | subsīdendus, subsīdundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
subsīdendī | subsīdendō | subsīdendum | subsīdendō | subsessum | subsessū |
Derived terms
- subsidium
Descendants
- ⇒ Catalan: ensulsiar
- → English: subside
References
- “subsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subsido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to place oneself in ambush: subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)
- to place oneself in ambush: subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)