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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=subter ADV :: beneath (surface/covering); underneath, below; at lower level/in lower position<br />subter subter PREP ABL :: beneath, under (cover/shelter); towards/at base (of wall/clift); (usu. ACC)<br />subter subter PREP ACC :: beneath, under (cover/shelter); towards/at base (of wall/clift)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>subter</b>: (also supter), adv. and prep. sub.<br /><b>I</b> Adv., [[below]], [[beneath]], [[underneath]]: navem in fugam transdunt [[subter]] saxa, Att. ap. Non. 155, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 630 Rib.): terram fac ut esse rearis Subter [[item]], ut [[supera]], Lucr. 6, 537: [[partim]] [[quod]] supter per terras diditur [[omnis]], id. 5, 268: aliam naturam supter habere, id. 5, 536: omnia haec, quae [[supra]] et [[subter]], unum esse, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 20; id. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: [[anulus]] [[subter]] adhaerens, Lucr. 6, 914: oculum [[subter]] premere, id. 4, 447: [[subter]] mediam [[fere]] regionem sol obtinet, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Comp.: subterius (opp. [[superius]]), Isid. 16, 8, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Prep. [[with]] acc. and abl., [[below]], [[beneath]], [[underneath]], under ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: cupiditatem [[subter]] [[praecordia]] locavit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 4: [[subter]] pineta, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 67: [[subter]] fastigia tecti, Verg. A. 8, 366: agere vias [[subter]] [[mare]], id. ib. 3, 695: [[subter]] imas cavernas, Ov. M. 5, 502: manu [[subter]] togam exserta, Liv. 8, 9: [[super]] subterque terram pugnare, id. 39, 4: [[subter]] murum hostium ad cohortes advehitur, [[underneath]], i. e. [[close]] to the walls, id. 34, 20: [[latitudo]] Italiae [[subter]] radices (Alpium), Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 132; Stat. Th. 12, 711; Petr. 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: Rhoeteo [[subter]] litore, Cat. 65, 7: [[subter]] densā testudine, Verg. A. 9, 514.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[composition]], [[subter]], [[like]] sub, denotes [[underneath]], [[beneath]]: [[subteractus]], [[subterfluo]], etc.; and also, transf., [[secretly]], [[privately]], [[clandestinely]]: [[subterduco]], [[subterfugio]]. It is [[sometimes]] [[doubtful]] [[whether]] [[subter]] forms a [[compound]] [[with]] a [[verb]], or is an adverb qualifying it.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>subtĕr</b>,¹¹<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> adv., au-dessous, par-dessous : Cic. de Or. 3, 20 ; Nat. 2, 106 ; Rep. 6, 17 &#124;&#124; [[subterius]] Isid. Orig. 16, 8, 4, [[plus]] au-dessous.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> prép.<br /><b>1</b> [avec acc.] sous : Cic. Tusc. 1, 20 ; 5, 4 &#124;&#124; de dessous : Liv. 8, 9, 5 ; au pied des remparts] : Liv. 34, 20, 8<br /><b>2</b> [avec abl.] sous : Catul. 65, 7 ; Virg. En. 9, 514.
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{{Georges
|georg=subter ([[von]] [[sub]]), I) Adv., [[unterhalb]], [[unten]], Lucr. u. Cic.: [[supra]] et [[subter]] (sunt), Cic.: extendi [[super]] [[omnia]] [[quae]] [[subter]] sunt, Augustin. – Compar., terminis aliis subterioribus, Grom. vet. 323, 2: [[subterius]], [[weiter]] [[unten]] (Ggstz. [[superius]]), Isid. orig. 16, 8, 4. – II) Praep., [[unterhalb]], [[unter]], [[von]] [[unten]] [[hervor]], [[nahe]] [[unter]]... [[hin]], a) m. Acc., [[subter]] felicem arborem, Fab. Pict. fr.: cupiditatem [[subter]] [[praecordia]] locavit, Cic.: [[canis]] [[subter]] pineta Thyrsin, Prop.: [[subter]] murum hostium, Liv.: Ggstz. [[supra]] subterque terram, Liv. 39, 4, 9. – b) m. Abl., [[subter]] se, Cic.: Rhoeteo [[subter]] litore, Catull.: [[subter]] densa testudine, Verg. – / In der [[Zusammensetzung]] dient [[subter]] zur Bezeichnung [[des]] [[unterhalb]], [[darunter]], [[wie]] in [[subterfluo]]; u. übtr. [[des]] [[unter]] der [[Hand]], [[des]] Geheimen, [[wie]] in [[subterduco]], [[subterfugio]].
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