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sub.

under, beneath

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

prep[ˈsʊb]Classical-Latin[ˈsub]

  1. under, beneath

    ablative · with-ablative · with-accusative

  2. behind

    ablative · with-ablative · with-accusative

  3. at the feet of

    ablative · with-ablative · with-accusative

  4. within, during

    ablative · with-ablative · with-accusative

  5. about, around (time); just before, just after, shortly before, shortly after

    ablative · with-ablative · with-accusative

  6. under, up to, up under, close to (of a motion)

    ablative · with-accusative

  7. until, before, up to, about

    ablative · with-accusative
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upó. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó). The usage with the accusative is from the pre-PIE directional, while with the ablative it is from both the locative, “under”, and the ablative, “from underneath”.

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