LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

subluō

subluō (present infinitive subluere, perfect active subluī, supine sublūtum)
Classical[ˈsʊb.ɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsub.lu.o]

Meaning

  1. to wash underneath
  2. to flow at the foot of (of a river)

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.subluōsubluēbamsubluamsubluīsublueramsubluerō
2nd sg.subluissubluēbāssubluēssubluistīsubluerāssublueris
3rd sg.subluitsubluēbatsubluetsubluitsublueratsubluerit
1st pl.subluimussubluēbāmussubluēmussubluimussubluerāmussubluerimus
2nd pl.subluitissubluēbātissubluētissubluistissubluerātissublueritis
3rd pl.subluuntsubluēbantsubluentsubluērunt
subluēre
subluerantsubluerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.subluamsublueremsubluerimsubluissem
2nd sg.subluāssubluerēssubluerīssubluissēs
3rd sg.subluatsublueretsublueritsubluisset
1st pl.subluāmussubluerēmussubluerīmussubluissēmus
2nd pl.subluātissubluerētissubluerītissubluissētis
3rd pl.subluantsubluerentsubluerintsubluissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.subluorsubluēbarsubluar
2nd sg.sublueris
subluere
subluēbāris
subluēbāre
subluēris
subluēre
3rd sg.subluitursubluēbātursubluētur
1st pl.subluimursubluēbāmursubluēmur
2nd pl.subluiminīsubluēbāminīsubluēminī
3rd pl.subluuntursubluēbantursubluentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.subluarsubluerer
2nd sg.subluāris
subluāre
subluerēris
subluerēre
3rd sg.subluātursubluerētur
1st pl.subluāmursubluerēmur
2nd pl.subluāminīsubluerēminī
3rd pl.subluantursubluerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.subluesubluere
pres. 2nd pl.subluitesubluiminī
fut. 2nd sg.subluitōsubluitor
fut. 3rd sg.subluitōsubluitor
fut. 2nd pl.subluitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.subluuntōsubluuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesublueresubluī
perfect infinitivesubluissesublūtum esse
future infinitivesublūtūrum essesublūtum īrī
present participlesubluēns—
perfect participle—sublūtus
sublūta, sublūtā, sublūtae, sublūtam, sublūtārum, sublūtās, sublūte, sublūtī, sublūtīs, sublūtō, sublūtōrum, sublūtōs
future participlesublūtūrus
sublūtūra, sublūtūrā, sublūtūrae, sublūtūram, sublūtūrārum, sublūtūrās, sublūtūre, sublūtūrī, sublūtūrīs, sublūtūrō, sublūtūrōrum, sublūtūrōs, sublūtūrum
subluendus
subluenda, subluendā, subluendae, subluendam, subluendārum, subluendās, subluende, subluendīs, subluendōrum, subluendōs
gerundsubluendī, subluendō, subluendumsupinesublūtum, sublūtū

sub-lŭo, no
I. perf., lūtum, ĕre, v. a., to wash or bathe underneath (very rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: aliquid aquā calidā, Cels. 4, 15; Col. 6, 32, 1: inguina, Mart. 6, 81, 2: subluto podice, id. 2, 42, 1.—
II. Transf., of rivers, to flow along the base of, to wash the foot of: hunc montem flumen subluebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 97: radices collis (flumina), id. B. G. 7, 69.—Pass.: Asia, quā Hellesponto, quā rubro mari subluitur, Curt. 9, 6, 20.

Origins

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

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Latin subluō From sub- + lavō.

Quick answers

What does subluō mean in Latin?
subluō, a verb, means “to wash underneath; to flow at the foot of (of a river)”.
What are the principal parts of subluō?
subluō, subluere, subluī, sublūtum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce subluō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsʊb.ɫu.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsub.lu.o].
Where does subluō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subluō.