subter
Dictionary entries
- Entry →subter:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beneath (surface/covering); underneath, below; at lower level/in lower position;
- Entry →subtero, subterere, subtrivi, subtritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
rub under; rub off; pound;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →subter:
Preposition
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beneath, under (cover/shelter); towards/at base (of wall/cliff);
- Entry →subter:
Preposition
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beneath, under (cover/shelter); towards/at base (of wall/cliff); (usu. ACC);
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...accidant specus hiatusque terrae subeuntium an aquarum subter in terrarum cavis undantium pulsibus fluctibusque, ita uti videntur existimasse..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...subiunctis suppositisque terra superne tremit magnis concussa ruinis, subter ubi ingentis speluncas subruit aetas; quippe cadunt toti montes..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...summa terra circaue summam est sed subter et ab imo. Huius indicium est quod altitudinis profundae maria iactantur..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Uergilio, qui alloquitur Arethusam: "sic tibi, cum fluctus subter labere Sicanos, Doris amara suas non intermisceat undas..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...primum nascentis inuenit, siue inlapsum terris flumen integrum subter tot maria et a confusione peioris undae seruatum reddidit..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...publicus tam languide agit, sed raptam cauponi harundinem subter lectum mittit, omniaque etiam foramina parietum scrutatur. Subducebat Giton..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...ferto oportet. XV. Vnguium Dialis et capilli segmina subter arborem felicem terra operiuntur. XVI. Dialis cotidie feriatus..."
