subditus

subditus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of subdō.

Participle

subditus (feminine subdita, neuter subditum); first/second-declension participle

  1. subjected, subdued
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative subditus subdita subditum subditī subditae subdita
genitive subditī subditae subditī subditōrum subditārum subditōrum
dative subditō subditae subditō subditīs
accusative subditum subditam subditum subditōs subditās subdita
ablative subditō subditā subditō subditīs
vocative subdite subdita subditum subditī subditae subdita

Noun

subditus m (genitive subditī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) a subject (one ruled over by another), an inferior; vassal
    • c. 1280, Aegidius Romanus, De regimine principum 1.1.11:
      Sic etiam debet esse curae ipsi principi de debita fama, quia propter hoc inducuntur subditi ad virtutem.
      It is likewise necessary in this way for the prince himself to be concerned with his proper reputation, because it is on account of this that his subjects are led to virtue.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Catalan: súbdit
  • Italian: suddito
  • Old Navarro-Aragonese: subdito
  • Portuguese: súdito, súbdito (Portugal)
  • Old Spanish: subdito

Etymology 2

    From subdō + -tus.

    Noun

    subditus m (genitive subditūs); fourth declension

    1. an act of subjugation
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative subditus subditūs
    genitive subditūs subdituum
    dative subdituī subditibus
    accusative subditum subditūs
    ablative subditū subditibus
    vocative subditus subditūs

    References

    • subditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "subditi", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • subditus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “subditus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 996/2