subter

Alternative forms

• supter

Etymology

From sub (“under”) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.ter/, [ˈsʊp.tɛr]

Adverb

subter (not comparable)

1. below, beneath, underneath

   Supra et subter. ― Above and beneath.

Preposition

subter

1. (with accusative) below, beneath, underneath, under
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanes 1.20

     […] iram in pectore, cupiditatem supter praecordia locavit.

     • 1877 translation by Charles Duke Yonge

       […] anger in the breast, and desire under the præcordia.

   Subter pineta. ― Below the pine-woods.

2. (with ablative) below, beneath, underneath, under

References

• subter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• subter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette