subter
Latin
Alternative forms
- supter
Etymology
From sub (“under”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.ter/, [ˈsʊp.tɛr]
Adverb
subter (not comparable)
- down below, underneath
- Supra et subter. ― Up above and down below.
Related terms
- subterius, the opposite of superius
Preposition
subter (+ accusative, ablative)
- (with accusative) directly below an area that is under another; underneath, (figuratively) below inferior
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanes 1.20:
- […] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.
- 1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
- […] anger in the breast, and desire under the præcordia.
- 1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
- […] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.
- Subter pineta. ― Below the pine-woods.
- (with ablative)underneath, (figuratively) below inferior
Derived terms
- subterfluō
- subterlabor
- subterfugiō
References
- subter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette