LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, irregular alternative forms

subedō

subedō (present infinitive subedere or subēsse, perfect active subēdī, supine subēsum or subēssum or subēstum)
Classical[ˈsʊ.bɛ.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.be.do]

Meaning

  1. to eat from under, wear away
    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. […]8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 11.783–784

Conjugation conjugation 3 irregular

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.subedōsubedēbamsubedamsubēdīsubēderamsubēderō
2nd sg.subedis
subēs
subedēbāssubedēssubēdistīsubēderāssubēderis
3rd sg.subedit
subēst
subedēbatsubedetsubēditsubēderatsubēderit
1st pl.subedimussubedēbāmussubedēmussubēdimussubēderāmussubēderimus
2nd pl.subeditis
subēstis
subedēbātissubedētissubēdistissubēderātissubēderitis
3rd pl.subeduntsubedēbantsubedentsubēdērunt
subēdēre
subēderantsubēderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.subedam
subedim
subederem
subēssem
subēderimsubēdissem
2nd sg.subedās
subedīs
subederēs
subēssēs
subēderīssubēdissēs
3rd sg.subedat
subedit, subēst
subederet
subēsset
subēderitsubēdisset
1st pl.subedāmus
subedīmus
subederēmus
subēssēmus
subēderīmussubēdissēmus
2nd pl.subedātis
subedītis
subederētis
subēssētis
subēderītissubēdissētis
3rd pl.subedant
subedint
subederent
subēssent
subēderintsubēdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.subedorsubedēbarsubedar
2nd sg.subederis
subedere, subēssis, subēsse
subedēbāris
subedēbāre
subedēris
subedēre
3rd sg.subeditur
subēstur
subedēbātursubedētur
1st pl.subedimursubedēbāmursubedēmur
2nd pl.subediminīsubedēbāminīsubedēminī
3rd pl.subeduntursubedēbantursubedentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.subedarsubederer
subēsser
2nd sg.subedāris
subedāre
subederēris
subederēre, subēssēris, subēssēre
3rd sg.subedātursubederētur
subēssētur
1st pl.subedāmursubederēmur
subēssēmur
2nd pl.subedāminīsubederēminī
subēssēminī
3rd pl.subedantursubederentur
subēssentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.subede
subēs
subedere
subēsse
pres. 2nd pl.subedite
subēste
subediminī
fut. 2nd sg.subeditō
subēstō
subeditor
subēstor
fut. 3rd sg.subeditō
subēstō
subeditor
subēstor
fut. 2nd pl.subeditōte
subēstōte
—
fut. 3rd pl.subeduntōsubeduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesubedere
subēsse
subedī
perfect infinitivesubēdissesubēsum esse
subēssum esse, subēstum esse
future infinitivesubēsūrum esse
subēssūrum esse, subēstūrum esse
subēsum īrī
subēssum īrī, subēstum īrī
present participlesubedēns
subedente, subedentem, subedentēs, subedentī, subedentia, subedentibus, subedentis, subedentīs, subedentium
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perfect participle—subēsus
subēssus, subēstus
future participlesubēsūrus
subēssūrus, subēstūrus
subedendus
subedundus
gerundsubedendī, subedendō, subedendumsupinesubēsum, subēsū

sŭb-ĕdo, ēdi, 3, v. a.,
I. to eat, waste, or wear away below: e scopulo, quem rauca subederat unda, Ov. M. 11, 783; Hier. in Jer. 1, 2, 37.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsubedō

Latin sub- Latin edō Latin subedō From sub- (“under”) + edō (“to eat”).

Quick answers

What does subedō mean in Latin?
subedō, a verb, means “to eat from under, wear away”.
What are the principal parts of subedō?
subedō, subedere, subēdī, subēsum (third conjugation, irregular alternative forms).
How do you pronounce subedō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsʊ.bɛ.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsuː.be.do].
Where does subedō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subedō.