subvenio

Latin

Etymology

From sub- (“under, up towards”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

Verb

subveniō (present infinitive subvenīre, perfect active subvēnī, supine subventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. to support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue
    • 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 4:
      Nōn est nostrī ingenī, vestrī auxilī est, iūdicēs, huius innocentiae sīc in hāc calamitōsā fāmā quasi in aliquā perniciōsissimā flammā atque in commūnī incendiō subvenīre.
      • 1856 translation by C. D. Yonge
        It is a matter requiring your aid, O judges; it becomes you to come to the assistance of the innocence of this man attacked by such a ruinous calumny, as you would in the case of a destructive fire or of a general conflagration.
    • 13th c., Lucas of Tuy, De Altera Vita, prologue:
      videntur in parte favere temerario studio falsitatis […] asserentes praelatos Ecclesiae Christi animabus mortuorum fidelium remissionum indulgentiis non posse ullatenus subvenire
      They [heretics] seem, in part, to favour a reckless zeal for falsehood […] asserting that the prelates of Christ's church cannot help, to any extent, the souls of the faithful dead with sin-forgiving indulgences
  2. to come up, come to mind, occur to

Usage notes
  • In Classical Latin, subveniō was intransitive, with its object expressed in the dative case.
  • In Medieval Latin, subveniō was sometimes transitive.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of subveniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present subveniō subvenīs subvenit subvenīmus subvenītis subveniunt
imperfect subveniēbam subveniēbās subveniēbat subveniēbāmus subveniēbātis subveniēbant
future subveniam subveniēs subveniet subveniēmus subveniētis subvenient
perfect subvēnī subvēnistī subvēnit subvēnimus subvēnistis subvēnērunt,
subvēnēre
pluperfect subvēneram subvēnerās subvēnerat subvēnerāmus subvēnerātis subvēnerant
future perfect subvēnerō subvēneris subvēnerit subvēnerimus subvēneritis subvēnerint
passive present — — subvenītur — — —
imperfect — — subveniēbātur — — —
future — — subveniētur — — —
perfect — — subventum est — — —
pluperfect — — subventum erat — — —
future perfect — — subventum erit — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present subveniam subveniās subveniat subveniāmus subveniātis subveniant
imperfect subvenīrem subvenīrēs subvenīret subvenīrēmus subvenīrētis subvenīrent
perfect subvēnerim subvēnerīs subvēnerit subvēnerīmus subvēnerītis subvēnerint
pluperfect subvēnissem subvēnissēs subvēnisset subvēnissēmus subvēnissētis subvēnissent
passive present — — subveniātur — — —
imperfect — — subvenīrētur — — —
perfect — — subventum sit — — —
pluperfect — — subventum esset,
subventum foret		 — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — subvenī — — subvenīte —
future — subvenītō subvenītō — subvenītōte subveniuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives subvenīre subvēnisse subventūrum esse subvenīrī subventum esse —
participles subveniēns — subventūrus — subventum subveniendum,
subveniundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
subveniendī subveniendō subveniendum subveniendō subventum subventū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subvenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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