subter

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sub (under) + -ter.

The accusative from instrumental/ablative and accusative is from *-teros used adverbially. The ablative is by analogy with sub.

Pronunciation

Adverb

subter (not comparable)

  1. down below, underneath
    Supra et subter.Up above and down below.

Preposition

subter (+ accusative, ablative)

  1. (with accusative) directly below an area that is under another; underneath, (figuratively) below inferior
    Subter pineta.Below the pine-woods.
    • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.20:
      [] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.
      • 1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge
        [] anger in the breast, and desire under the præcordia.
  2. (with ablative) underneath, (figuratively) below inferior

Derived terms

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.
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