sub Preposition

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Translations

  1. behind
  2. at the feet of
  3. within
  4. at the approach of
  5. just before
(+ abl with verbs of rest, + acc with verbs of motion)
  1. under
  2. up under
  3. close to
(Under, Beneath, Below)
  1. Under
  2. Beneath
  3. Below
(Under, Beneath, Below)
  1. Under
  2. Beneath
  3. Below

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

Postquam Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso sub Iove mundus erat, subiit argentea proles, auro deterior, fulvo pretiosior aere.

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses I
Gaius Julius Caesar

Caesar, quod memoria tenebat L. Cassium consulem occisum exercitumque eius ab Helvetiis pulsum et sub iugum missum, concedendum non putabat; neque homines inimico animo, data facultate per provinciam itineris faciundi,

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum I
Hyginus

Itaque Aethiopes sub utroque orbe necessario fiunt.

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

concurritur: horae momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.' agricolam laudat iuris legumque peritus, sub galli cantum consultor ubi ostia pulsat; ille, datis vadibus qui rure extractus in urbem est, solos felicis viven

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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Vocabulary Groups: Lektion 22 - Pontes , Lektion 5 - Medias in Res (Auflage 2019) , Capitulum Nonum - Lingua Latina - Vocabula Linguae Latinae , Lektion 21 - Litora , Lektion 21 - Litora

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