adverb
dēsubitō
dēsubitō (not comparable)
Classical[deːˈsʊ.bɪ.toː]Ecclesiastical[deˈs̬uː.bi.to]
Meaning
- not comparableall of a sudden
dē-sŭbĭtō (by many written separately, de subito),
I. adv., on a sudden, suddenly (except once in Cic., only ante-class.), Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 46; id. Capt. prol. 62; id. Most. 2, 1, 63; id. Stich. 5, 4, 39; Lucil., Enn., Naev., al. ap. Non. 517, 13-518, 1; Lucr. 2, 265; 3, 643; Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 2 (ap. Non. p. 517).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-subitō or dē subitō adv.,
on a sudden, suddenly: bolus ereptus e faucibus, T.: funus ornatum.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēsubitō
Latin dē- Latin subitō Latin dēsubitō From dē- + subitō.