"sub-" meaning in Latin

See sub- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: suc- [alternative], suf- [alternative], sug- [alternative], sum- [alternative], sup- [alternative], sur- [alternative], su- [alternative], sus- [alternative, sometimes]
Etymology: From sub (“under, beneath, below”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|sub|id=under|pos=prefix}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*supo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub-", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="under" data-lang="la" data-title="sub-" id="Latin:_under"> Head templates: {{head|la|prefix}} sub-
  1. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    denotes position: underneath
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-AER4p6rh
  2. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    denotes movement:
    (ablative movement): from underneath
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-~9k5-YN0
  3. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    denotes movement:
    (allative movement): towards the underside of something, or lower part thereof, (to) underneath; (loosely) denotes regular allative movement: towards, to
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: ad-
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-cX5nenDT
  4. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    secretively, privily or stealthily; (by extension, in a bad sense) evilly, wickedly, falsely, cunningly or with bad intents
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-YYn9xyPK
  5. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    denotes sufferance, coping, or brooking
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-QdOcvDBh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 7 8 14 7 8 11 8 15 8
  6. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    denotes proping, supporting; (by extension) denotes helping
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-B8Psu5eC
  7. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    (downtoning) lowers the intensity of the corresponding verb: a little, somewhat, vaguely
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-wd-7bu0P
  8. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    denotes substitution
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-FfeXpuL1 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 7 8 14 7 8 11 8 15 8
  9. under, sub-
    Attached to verbs:
    (transferred senses):
    denotes sufficiency
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-gN6ZpgJx
  10. under, sub-
    In compounds, may stand for sub in a prepositional phrase
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-FH14jHSZ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 7 8 14 7 8 11 8 15 8
  11. under, sub-
    (downtoning) Attached to adjectives, creates new adjectives of lesser intensity, having a sense like "somewhat", "slightly", "rather", "-ish"
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sub--la-prefix-s0WX-UkR
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes movement:",
        "(ablative movement): from underneath"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + iaciō (“to throw”, “hurl”) → subiciō (“to throw underneath”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "sub- + eō (“to go”) → subeō (“to go beneath”, or “come under”; (also) “to come towards”, “approach”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes movement:",
        "towards the underside of something, or lower part thereof, (to) underneath; (loosely) denotes regular allative movement: towards, to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "allative",
          "allative"
        ],
        [
          "underside",
          "underside"
        ],
        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "allative movement",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes movement:",
        "(allative movement): towards the underside of something, or lower part thereof, (to) underneath; (loosely) denotes regular allative movement: towards, to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ad-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + moneō (“to warn”, “advise”) → summoneō (“to advise secretively”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "sub- + -dō (“to put”, “place”) → subdō (“to substitute falsely”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "secretively, privily or stealthily; (by extension, in a bad sense) evilly, wickedly, falsely, cunningly or with bad intents"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "secretively",
          "secretively"
        ],
        [
          "privily",
          "privily"
        ],
        [
          "stealthily",
          "stealthily"
        ],
        [
          "evilly",
          "evilly"
        ],
        [
          "wickedly",
          "wickedly"
        ],
        [
          "falsely",
          "falsely"
        ],
        [
          "cunningly",
          "cunningly"
        ],
        [
          "intent",
          "intent"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "secretively, privily or stealthily; (by extension, in a bad sense) evilly, wickedly, falsely, cunningly or with bad intents"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + eō (“to go”) → subeō (“to undergo”, “bear”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes sufferance, coping, or brooking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "sufferance",
          "sufferance#English"
        ],
        [
          "coping",
          "cope#English"
        ],
        [
          "brook",
          "brook#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "denotes sufferance, coping, or brooking"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
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        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + ferō (“to hold”) → sufferō (“to hold up”, “support” or “sustain”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "sub- + currō (“to run”) → subtrahō (“to run to help”, “to come to save”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes proping, supporting; (by extension) denotes helping"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "prop",
          "prop#English"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support#English"
        ],
        [
          "help",
          "help#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "denotes proping, supporting; (by extension) denotes helping"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + timeō (“to be afraid”, “fear”) → subtimeō (“to fear a little”, “be somewhat afraid”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "lowers the intensity of the corresponding verb: a little, somewhat, vaguely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "a little",
          "a little"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ],
        [
          "vaguely",
          "vaguely"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "(downtoning) lowers the intensity of the corresponding verb: a little, somewhat, vaguely"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + faciō (“to do”, “make”) → sufficiō (“to appoint as substitute”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes substitution"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "substitution",
          "substitution#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "denotes substitution"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- + petō (“to make for”) → suppetō (“to be at hand”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "sub- + faciō (“to do”, “make”) → sufficiō (“to be sufficient”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "denotes sufficiency"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "transferred senses",
          "transferred sense#English"
        ],
        [
          "sufficiency",
          "sufficiency#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred senses",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to verbs:",
        "(transferred senses):",
        "denotes sufficiency"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- (“under”) + terra (“earth”) + -āneus (adjective-forming suffix) → subterrāneus (“subterranean, underground”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "sub- (“under”) + lūna (“moon”) + -āris (adjective-forming suffix) → sublūnāris (“sublunar”, “sublunary”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "In compounds, may stand for sub in a prepositional phrase"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound#English"
        ],
        [
          "sub",
          "sub#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "super-"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sub- (“somewhat”) + amārus (“bitter”) → subamārus (“somewhat bitter”, “bitterish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "Attached to adjectives, creates new adjectives of lesser intensity, having a sense like \"somewhat\", \"slightly\", \"rather\", \"-ish\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "sub-",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "under, sub-",
        "(downtoning) Attached to adjectives, creates new adjectives of lesser intensity, having a sense like \"somewhat\", \"slightly\", \"rather\", \"-ish\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sub-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sub- meaning in Latin (9.4kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: downtoning",
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    "sub-"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "sub-",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: downtoning",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "prefix",
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}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: downtoning",
  "path": [
    "sub-"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "sub-",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: downtoning",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "sub-",
  "trace": ""
}

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