subedo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti

Proto-Italic *edō

Latin edō

Latin subedō

From sub- (“under”) + edō (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊ.bɛ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.be.do]

Verb

subedō (present infinitive subedere or subēsse, perfect active subēdī, supine subēsum or subēssum or subēstum); third conjugation, irregular alternative forms

1. to eat from under, wear away
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 11.783–784:

     Dīxit et ē scopulō, quem rauca subederat unda,
     dēcidit in pontum. […]

     He said these and from the crag, which the hoarse wave was eating from below,
     fell into the sea. […]

Conjugation

   Conjugation of subedō (third conjugation, irregular alternative forms)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	subedō		subedis, subēs		subedit, subēst		subedimus		subeditis, subēstis		subedunt
	imperfect	subedēbam		subedēbās		subedēbat		subedēbāmus		subedēbātis		subedēbant
	future	subedam		subedēs		subedet		subedēmus		subedētis		subedent
	perfect	subēdī		subēdistī		subēdit		subēdimus		subēdistis		subēdērunt, subēdēre
	pluperfect	subēderam		subēderās		subēderat		subēderāmus		subēderātis		subēderant
	future perfect	subēderō		subēderis		subēderit		subēderimus		subēderitis		subēderint
passive	present	subedor		subederis, subedere, subēssis, subēsse		subeditur, subēstur		subedimur		subediminī		subeduntur
	imperfect	subedēbar		subedēbāris, subedēbāre		subedēbātur		subedēbāmur		subedēbāminī		subedēbantur
	future	subedar		subedēris, subedēre		subedētur		subedēmur		subedēminī		subedentur
	perfect	subēsus or subēssus or subēstus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	subēsus or subēssus or subēstus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	subēsus or subēssus or subēstus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	subedam, subedim		subedās, subedīs		subedat, subedit, subēst		subedāmus, subedīmus		subedātis, subedītis		subedant, subedint
	imperfect	subederem, subēssem		subederēs, subēssēs		subederet, subēsset		subederēmus, subēssēmus		subederētis, subēssētis		subederent, subēssent
	perfect	subēderim		subēderīs		subēderit		subēderīmus		subēderītis		subēderint
	pluperfect	subēdissem		subēdissēs		subēdisset		subēdissēmus		subēdissētis		subēdissent
passive	present	subedar		subedāris, subedāre		subedātur		subedāmur		subedāminī		subedantur
	imperfect	subederer, subēsser		subederēris, subederēre, subēssēris, subēssēre		subederētur, subēssētur		subederēmur, subēssēmur		subederēminī, subēssēminī		subederentur, subēssentur
	perfect	subēsus or subēssus or subēstus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	subēsus or subēssus or subēstus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		subede, subēs		—		—		subedite, subēste		—
	future	—		subeditō, subēstō		subeditō, subēstō		—		subeditōte, subēstōte		subeduntō
passive	present	—		subedere, subēsse		—		—		subediminī		—
	future	—		subeditor, subēstor		subeditor, subēstor		—		—		subeduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		subedere, subēsse			subedī			subedēns			—
future		subēsūrum esse, subēssūrum esse, subēstūrum esse			subēsum īrī, subēssum īrī, subēstum īrī			subēsūrus, subēssūrus, subēstūrus			subedendus, subedundus
perfect		subēdisse			subēsum esse, subēssum esse, subēstum esse			—			subēsus, subēssus, subēstus
future perfect		—			subēsum fore, subēssum fore, subēstum fore			—			—
perfect potential		subēsūrum fuisse, subēssūrum fuisse, subēstūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		subedendī		subedendō		subedendum		subedendō		subēsum, subēssum, subēstum		subēsū, subēssū, subēstū

References

• “sŭb-ĕdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sŭbĕdō”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• sub-edo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• D.P. Simpson (1966), Cassell's Latin and English Dictionary, reprint edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2002, →ISBN, page 214