subeo

From sub- (“under”) +‎ eō (“go”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.be.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.be.o/, [ˈsuːbeo]

subeō (present infinitive subīre, perfect active subiī or subīvī, supine subitum); irregular conjugation, irregular

1. to go under, come under; enter

   Synonyms: ineō, ingredior, introeō, intrō, succēdō, accēdō, invādō, immigrō

   Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō

2. to come or go up to, approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; come or go on

   Synonyms: adorior, prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, aggredior, gradior, īnferō, succēdō, prōficiō

   Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēficiō, dēgredior, dēcēdō

3. to succeed, follow, take place

   Synonyms: succēdō, excipiō, sequor

4. to occur, come to mind
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.125–126:

     et sī quae subeunt, tēcum, liber, omnia ferrēs,
     sarcina lātūrō magna futūrus erās.

     And, [my] book, if you were to carry with you all [the thoughts] which are coming to mind, [what] a heavy burden you would be to the one who will be carrying you!
     (Writing from exile, Ovid addresses his book as if it were a living emissary he will send back to Rome. The poet mingles present and future tenses in this conditional “if–then” couplet.)

5. to submit to, undergo, bear, endure

   Synonyms: tolerō, sustineō, patiō, accipiō, recipiō, sinō, suscipiō, sufferō, dūrō, ferō, perferō, sustentō, perpetior

6. to approach stealthily, sneak up on
7. to go up, mount, climb, scale

   Synonyms: īnscendō, cōnscendō, ascendō, escendō, succēdō, enitor, superscandō, suprascandō, ērēpō, scandō

   Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to subiī, but occasionally appears as subīvī.

• subitārius
• subitō
• subitus

• “subeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• subeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to suffer mishap: calamitatem accipere, subire
    
  • to incur danger, risk: pericula subire, adire, suscipere
    
  • to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: vituperationem subire
    
  • to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
    
  • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
    
  • an idea strikes me: haec cogitatio subit animum
    
  • to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
    
  • to enter the house: tectum subire
    
  • to submit to a punishment: poenam subire
    
  • to advance to the walls protected by a covering of shields: testudine facta moenia subire (B. G. 2. 6)
    
  • to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere