subicio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /subˈji.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊbˈjekioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [subˈjiːt͡ʃiɔ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suˈbi.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊˈbɪkioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈbi.t͡ʃi.o/, [suˈbiːt͡ʃiɔ]

Verb

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

1. I throw, lay, place or bring under or near
2. I subdue
3. I prompt, propose, suggest
4. I subject, submit
5. I supply
6. I substitute
7. (by extension) I 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 conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	subice	—	—	subicite	—
	future	—	subicitō	subicitō	—	subicitōte	subiciuntō
passive	present	—	subicere	—	—	subiciminī	—
	future	—	subicitor	subicitor	—	—	subiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		subicere	subiēcisse	subiectūrum esse	subicī	subiectum esse	subiectum īrī
participles		subiciēns	—	subiectūrus	—	subiectus	subiciendus, subiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		subiciendī	subiciendō	subiciendum	subiciendō	subiectum	subiectū

Derived terms

• subicēs
• subiectiō
• subiectīvus
• subiectō
• subiector
• subiectus

 

Related terms

• abiciō
• adiciō
• circumiciō
• coniciō
• dēiciō
• disiciō
• ēiciō
• iaciō
• iniciō
• intericiō
• obiciō
• praeiciō
• prōiciō
• reiciō
• superiaciō
• trāiciō

 

Descendants

• English: subject

References

• subicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• subicio in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• subicio in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
  • 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)