subicio

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti

Proto-Italic *jīkjō

Proto-Italic *jakjōder.

Latin iaciō

Latin subiciō

From sub- (“under, beneath; at the foot of; close to”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊbˈjɪ.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊˈbɪ.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈbiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

subiciō (present infinitive subicere, perfect active subiēcī, supine subiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

to throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near
Synonyms: suggerō, summittō, sufferō, suppōnō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.235–237:
  “Accingunt omnēs operī, pedibusque rotārum / subiciunt lāpsūs, et stuppea vincula collō / intendunt [...].”
  “All [the Trojans] set to work, and we place sliding rollers under the [wooden horse’s] feet, and stretch out hempen ropes to its neck.”
to subdue
Synonyms: subigō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, pācō, expugnō, domō, ēvincō, prōflīgō, caedō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō
to prompt, propose, suggest
to subject, submit or subordinate a particular to a general, to range or treat it under, append it
Synonyms: subigō, subiugō, obnoxiō
to supply
to substitute
Synonyms: substituō, suppōnō, succēdō, subrogō
(by extension) to forge, counterfeit (having that same connotative sense of substituting fake currency or documents for real ones)

Usage notes

In post-Augustan poetry the first syllable of verb forms was generally made light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of subiciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	subiciō	subicis		subicit	subicimus	subicitis		subiciunt
	imperfect	subiciēbam	subiciēbās		subiciēbat	subiciēbāmus	subiciēbātis		subiciēbant
	future	subiciam	subiciēs		subiciet	subiciēmus	subiciētis		subicient
	perfect	subiēcī	subiēcistī		subiēcit	subiēcimus	subiēcistis		subiēcērunt, subiēcēre
	pluperfect	subiēceram	subiēcerās		subiēcerat	subiēcerāmus	subiēcerātis		subiēcerant
	future perfect	subiēcerō	subiēceris		subiēcerit	subiēcerimus	subiēceritis		subiēcerint
passive	present	subicior	subiceris, subicere		subicitur	subicimur	subiciminī		subiciuntur
	imperfect	subiciēbar	subiciēbāris, subiciēbāre		subiciēbātur	subiciēbāmur	subiciēbāminī		subiciēbantur
	future	subiciar	subiciēris, subiciēre		subiciētur	subiciēmur	subiciēminī		subicientur
	perfect	subiectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	subiectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	subiectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	subiciam	subiciās		subiciat	subiciāmus	subiciātis		subiciant
	imperfect	subicerem	subicerēs		subiceret	subicerēmus	subicerētis		subicerent
	perfect	subiēcerim	subiēcerīs		subiēcerit	subiēcerīmus	subiēcerītis		subiēcerint
	pluperfect	subiēcissem	subiēcissēs		subiēcisset	subiēcissēmus	subiēcissētis		subiēcissent
passive	present	subiciar	subiciāris, subiciāre		subiciātur	subiciāmur	subiciāminī		subiciantur
	imperfect	subicerer	subicerēris, subicerēre		subicerētur	subicerēmur	subicerēminī		subicerentur
	perfect	subiectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	subiectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	subice		—	—	subicite		—
active	future	—	subicitō		subicitō	—	subicitōte		subiciuntō
passive	present	—	subicere		—	—	subiciminī		—
passive	future	—	subicitor		subicitor	—	—		subiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		subicere		subicī		subiciēns		—
future		subiectūrum esse		subiectum īrī		subiectūrus		subiciendus, subiciundus
perfect		subiēcisse		subiectum esse		—		subiectus
future perfect		—		subiectum fore		—		—
perfect potential		subiectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		subiciendī	subiciendō		subiciendum	subiciendō	subiectum		subiectū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: subject

References

“subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“subicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere
- to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid
- to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid
- to produce a false will: testamentum subicere, supponere
- to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
- to make one's submission to some one: se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)
- (ambiguous) the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est
- (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
- (ambiguous) to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)