LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

subtus

subtus (not comparable)
Classical[ˈsʊp.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsub.tus]

Meaning

  1. not comparablebelow, underneath, beneath

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

subtus, adv. from sub; like intus, from in,
I. below, beneath, underneath (mostly ante-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): subtus ambulare, Cato, R. R. 48, 2: labra subtus pendula, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3: Romani aggere et vineis et omnibus supra terram operibus, subtus Macedones cuniculis oppugnabant, Liv. 36, 25; cf. Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 26; Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.

Origins

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

Latin -tus Latin subtus From sub + -tus. Compare intus.

Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansubt
  • Romaniansupt
  • Romaniansub
  • Aromaniansum
  • Aromaniansu
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesoto-
  • Spanishsoto-
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansotto
  • Corsicansottu
  • Corsicansuttu
  • Dalmatiansote
  • Turkishsotafrom Italian sotto
  • Neapolitansotto
  • Neapolitansótto
  • Siciliansottu
  • Venetansóto
Vulgar Latin
  • Italiansottanofrom unknown *subtānus
  • unknown*subta
  • unknown*subtulus
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansot
  • Ladinsot
  • Romanshsut
  • Romanshsot
  • Romanshsuot
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardsot
  • Lombardsott
  • Piedmontesesot
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalsot
  • Franco-Provençalsœt
  • Old Frenchsoz

Quick answers

What does subtus mean in Latin?
subtus, a adverb, means “below, underneath, beneath”.
How do you pronounce subtus?
In classical Latin, [ˈsʊp.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsub.tus].
Where does subtus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subtus.