subditus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of subdō.

Participle

subditus (feminine subdita, neuter subditum); first/second-declension participle

1. subjected, subdued

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	subditus	subdita	subditum		subditī	subditae	subdita
genitive	subditī	subditae	subditī		subditōrum	subditārum	subditōrum
dative	subditō	subditae	subditō		subditīs
accusative	subditum	subditam	subditum		subditōs	subditās	subdita
ablative	subditō	subditā	subditō		subditīs
vocative	subdite	subdita	subditum		subditī	subditae	subdita

Noun

subditus m (genitive subditī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) a subject (one ruled over by another), an inferior; vassal
   • c. 1280, Aegidius Romanus, De regimine principum 1.1.11:

     Sic etiam debet esse curae ipsi principi de debita fama, quia propter hoc inducuntur subditi ad virtutem.

     It is likewise necessary in this way for the prince himself to be concerned with his proper reputation, because it is on account of this that his subjects are led to virtue.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	subditus	subditī
genitive	subditī	subditōrum
dative	subditō	subditīs
accusative	subditum	subditōs
ablative	subditō	subditīs
vocative	subdite	subditī

Descendants

• → Catalan: súbdit
• → Italian: suddito
• → Old Navarro-Aragonese: subdito
• → Portuguese: súdito, súbdito (Portugal)
• → Old Spanish: subdito
  • Spanish: súbdito

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Latin -dō

Latin subdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin subditus

From subdō + -tus.

Noun

subditus m (genitive subditūs); fourth declension

1. an act of subjugation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	subditus	subditūs
genitive	subditūs	subdituum
dative	subdituī	subditibus
accusative	subditum	subditūs
ablative	subditū	subditibus
vocative	subditus	subditūs

References

• “subditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "subditi", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “subditus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “subditus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 996/2