LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

subsīdō

subsīdō (present infinitive subsīdere, perfect active subsēdī, supine subsessum)
Classical[sʊpˈsiː.doː]Ecclesiastical[subˈsiː.do]

Meaning

  1. to crouch, squat, sit down, set down, sink
  2. to settle, subside
  3. to crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush
  4. to run aground

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dēscendō, in fundō maneō
subsīdō -ere — in Aeneis, ch. 24

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.subsīdōsubsīdēbamsubsīdamsubsēdīsubsēderamsubsēderō
2nd sg.subsīdissubsīdēbāssubsīdēssubsēdistīsubsēderāssubsēderis
3rd sg.subsīditsubsīdēbatsubsīdetsubsēditsubsēderatsubsēderit
1st pl.subsīdimussubsīdēbāmussubsīdēmussubsēdimussubsēderāmussubsēderimus
2nd pl.subsīditissubsīdēbātissubsīdētissubsēdistissubsēderātissubsēderitis
3rd pl.subsīduntsubsīdēbantsubsīdentsubsēdērunt
subsēdēre		subsēderantsubsēderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.subsīdamsubsīderemsubsēderimsubsēdissem
2nd sg.subsīdāssubsīderēssubsēderīssubsēdissēs
3rd sg.subsīdatsubsīderetsubsēderitsubsēdisset
1st pl.subsīdāmussubsīderēmussubsēderīmussubsēdissēmus
2nd pl.subsīdātissubsīderētissubsēderītissubsēdissētis
3rd pl.subsīdantsubsīderentsubsēderintsubsēdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.subsīdorsubsīdēbarsubsīdar
2nd sg.subsīderis
subsīdere		subsīdēbāris
subsīdēbāre		subsīdēris
subsīdēre
3rd sg.subsīditursubsīdēbātursubsīdētur
1st pl.subsīdimursubsīdēbāmursubsīdēmur
2nd pl.subsīdiminīsubsīdēbāminīsubsīdēminī
3rd pl.subsīduntursubsīdēbantursubsīdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.subsīdarsubsīderer
2nd sg.subsīdāris
subsīdāre		subsīderēris
subsīderēre
3rd sg.subsīdātursubsīderētur
1st pl.subsīdāmursubsīderēmur
2nd pl.subsīdāminīsubsīderēminī
3rd pl.subsīdantursubsīderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.subsīdesubsīdere
pres. 2nd pl.subsīditesubsīdiminī
fut. 2nd sg.subsīditōsubsīditor
fut. 3rd sg.subsīditōsubsīditor
fut. 2nd pl.subsīditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.subsīduntōsubsīduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesubsīderesubsīdī
perfect infinitivesubsēdissesubsessum esse
future infinitivesubsessūrum essesubsessum īrī
present participlesubsīdēns—
perfect participle—subsessus
subsessa, subsessā, subsessae, subsessam, subsessārum, subsessās, subsesse, subsessī, subsessīs, subsessō, subsessōrum, subsessōs
future participlesubsessūrus
subsessūra, subsessūrā, subsessūrae, subsessūram, subsessūrārum, subsessūrās, subsessūre, subsessūrī, subsessūrīs, subsessūrō, subsessūrōrum, subsessūrōs, subsessūrum		subsīdendus
subsīdundus, subsīdenda, subsīdendā, subsīdendae, subsīdendam, subsīdendārum, subsīdendās, subsīdende, subsīdendīs, subsīdendōrum, subsīdendōs
gerundsubsīdendī, subsīdendō, subsīdendumsupinesubsessum, subsessū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)
to place oneself in ambush.

sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
A. Lit.
1. In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.: subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt, Liv. 28, 2: partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit, id. 1, 14; cf.: poplite subsidens, Verg. A. 12, 492: alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes, Liv. 44, 5: subsedit in illā Ante fores ara, Ov. M. 9, 297.—
b. Of things, to sink, settle, subside: sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa, Lucr. 5, 493: valles, Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19: limus mundi ut faex, Lucr. 5, 497; cf.: faeces in fundis vasorum, Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26: in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc., Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344: undae, subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820; hence, transf., venti, Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.—Poet.: extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes, remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498: ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque, gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284: multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes, are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590: terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes, Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—
2. In partic.
a. Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay: si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36: subsedi in ipsā viā, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1: in Siciliā, id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo ... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36: quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae, Suet. Vit. 1 fin.: in oppido Reatino, id. Vesp. 1: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
(b). Of things: in Nilo navicula subsedit, ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—
b. To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush: cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset? Cic. Mil. 19, 51: si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit, id. ib. 19, 49: partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit, Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—
c. Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male (poet. and very rare): maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae), Lucr. 4, 1198: juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis, Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—
B. Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare): in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi, Quint. 3, 8, 60: nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox), id. 11, 3, 24: vitia subsidunt, Sen. Ep. 94, 69: formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt, id. ib. 13, 12.—
2. To settle down: hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat, i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
II. Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one (poet. and in post-class. prose): devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter, Verg. A. 11, 268: leonem, Sil. 13, 221: copiosos homines, Amm. 28, 4, 22: insontem, id. 16, 8, 3: serpens foramen, to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

Origins

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

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *sísdeti Proto-Italic *sizdō Latin sīdō Latin subsīdō From sub- + sīdō.

Descendants
  • Catalanensulsiar
  • Englishsubside

In English words that came into English from subsīdō

  • subsidesubsīdō
  • subsidysubsidium
  • subsidencesubsidens

Quick answers

What does subsīdō mean in Latin?
subsīdō, a verb, means “to crouch, squat, sit down, set down, sink; to settle, subside; to crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush”.
What are the principal parts of subsīdō?
subsīdō, subsīdere, subsēdī, subsessum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce subsīdō?
In classical Latin, [sʊpˈsiː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈsiː.do].
Where does subsīdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subsīdō.
Which English words come from subsīdō?
English words that go back to Latin subsīdō include subside, subsidence and subsidy.