# subicio
## Latin
### Etymology

From sub- (“under, beneath; at the foot of; close to”) +‎ iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /subˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊbˈi̯ɪkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /subˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [subˈjiːt͡ʃio]
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /suˈbi.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊˈbɪkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /suˈbi.t͡ʃi.o/, [suˈbiːt͡ʃio]

### Verb

subiciō (present infinitive subicere, perfect active subiēcī, supine subiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
* to throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near
    Synonyms: suggerō, summittō, sufferō, suppōnō
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.235–237:“Accingunt omnēs operī, pedibusque rotārum / subiciunt lāpsūs, et stuppea vincula collō / intendunt [...].”“All [the Trojans] set to work, and we place sliding rollers under the [wooden horse’s] feet, and stretch out hempen ropes to its neck.”
* to subdue
    Synonyms: subigō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, pācō, expugnō, domō, ēvincō, prōflīgō, caedō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō
* to prompt, propose, suggest
* to subject, submit or subordinate a particular to a general, to range or treat it under, append it
    Synonyms: subigō, subiugō, obnoxiō
* to supply
* to substitute
    Synonyms: substituō, suppōnō, succēdō, subrogō
* (by extension) to forge, counterfeit (having that same connotative sense of substituting fake currency or documents for real ones)

#### Usage notes

* In post-Augustan poetry the first syllable of verb forms was generally made light.

#### Derived terms

* subicēs
* subiectiō
* subiectīvus
* subiectō
* subiector
* subiectus

#### Related terms

* abiciō
* adiciō
* circumiciō
* coniciō
* dēiciō
* disiciō
* ēiciō
* iaciō
* iniciō
* intericiō
* obiciō
* praeiciō
* prōiciō
* reiciō
* superiaciō
* trāiciō

#### Descendants

* English: subject

### References

* “subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “subicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* subicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to set fire to houses: ignem tectis inferre, subicere to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid to produce a false will: testamentum subicere, supponere to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself) to make one's submission to some one: se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui) (ambiguous) the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse (ambiguous) to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse (ambiguous) to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse (ambiguous) to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)