(v. n.P. a.adv.) : sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre (
* Perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).
* Neutr.
* Lit.
* Act.
* Trop.
* In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into (poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.
* In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27: fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,Ov. M. 1, 130: pulchra subit facies,id. ib. 14, 827: subit ecce priori Causa recens,id. ib. 3, 259: an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67: namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.: duo pariter subierunt incommoda,arise, come up,Quint. 5, 10, 100: ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,Ov. P. 4, 15, 30: regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,approaches,Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115.
* In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself: omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151: cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,Quint. 11, 2, 17: cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,Ov. M. 15, 307: subit umbra,id. ib. 12, 591: subeunt illi fratresque parensque,id. ib. 11. 542: subiit cari genitoris imago ... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13: subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,Ov. H. 18, 62: ne subeant animo taedia,id. P. 4, 15, 30: quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,to grasp with the mind,Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.
* Subit, with subj.- or rel.-clause (poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755: quo magis ac magis admirari subit,Plin. 12, prooem. § 2; 35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,id. 25, 3, 7, § 23: quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.
* Lit.
* In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.: exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,had not come under a roof,Caes. B. G. 1, 36: tecta,Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669: jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,Verg. A. 6, 13: limina victor Alcides subiit,id. ib. 8, 363: domos,Ov. M. 1, 121: penates,id. ib. 5, 650: macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33: cum novies subiere paludem,had plunged under,Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314: et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,Verg. A. 3, 313: leones jugum subeant,Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128: asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,i. e. submits to, receives,Hor. S. 1, 9, 21: subire iniquissimum locum,Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3: collem,to go up, mount, climb, scale,Hirt. B. G. 8, 15: consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,Liv. 7, 12, 3: muros,id. 27, 18: impositum saxis Anxur,Hor. S. 1, 5, 25: si subeuntur prospera castra,Juv. 16, 2 et saep.: perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,comes up to, attacks, assails,Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.: interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,Quint. 4, 5, 5: precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,approaches,Stat. Th. 9, 510: subit ille minantem,id. ib. 8, 84: Aeneae mucronem,Verg. A. 10, 798: qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,Curt. 4, 13, 10: Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,Juv. 2, 50.
* Trop.
* In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.): multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,Ov. M. 3, 282: subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,id. H. 19, 56.
* In gen. (very rare): sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,came upon, overtook,Curt. 3, 2, 19.
* In partic.
* To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.): deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,Liv. 36, 20: ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,id. 37, 49, 3: spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,id. 40, 8, 9: otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,Quint. 11, 2, 33: majora intellectu animos non subibunt,id. 1, 2, 28: mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170: subit ergo regem verecundia,Curt. 5, 2, 15: me recordantem miseratio,Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3: horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,Curt. 7, 1, 4.
* As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.: Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.: subitum est ei remigrare,Cic. Fam. 13, 2: si tibi subiti nihil est,Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36: in subito,Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.: ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.: etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,Tac. A. 15, 59: quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,Suet. Aug. 84: si repentina ac subita dominantur,Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.: ad subita rerum,Liv. 9, 43: ad subita belli,id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.
* (The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.; a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31: omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.: quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: subire vim atque injuriam,id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41: inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182: maximas rei publicae tempestates,id. Mur. 2, 4: invidiam, pericula, tempestates,id. Fam. 15, 4, 12: nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,id. Pis. 35, 86: potentiam, victoriam,id. Fam. 6, 1, 6: contumeliarum verbera,id. Rep. 1, 5, 9: majora Verbera,Hor. S. 1, 3, 120: non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7: fortunam,id. Fam. 14, 5, 1: judicium multitudinis imperitae,id. Fl. 1, 2: odium eorum,id. Att. 11, 17, 2: usum omnium,id. de Or. 1, 34, 157: aliquid invidiae aut criminis,id. N. D. 3, 1, 3: quemque casum,id. Att. 8, 1, 3: quamvis carnificinam,id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78: dupli poenam,id. Off. 3, 16, 65: legis vim,id. Caecin. 34, 100: summae crudelitatis famam,id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.: minus sermonis,id. Att. 11, 6, 2: poenam exsilii,Val. Max. 6, 5, 3: simultates,Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5: offensas,id. ib. 13, 9, 26: periculum,Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7: jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake: adversa tela pellere,Stat. S. 5, 2, 105: clavum torquere,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.: repens, improvisus): res subita,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23: in rebus tam subitis,Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2: maris subita tempestas,id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52: subita et improvisa formido,id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: laetitia, etc.,Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13: subita pugna, non praeparata,Quint. 7, 1, 35: ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,Caes. B. G. 3, 8: novae rei ac subitae admiratio,Liv. 2, 2: bellum,Caes. B. G. 3, 7: incursiones hostium,Hirt. B. G. 8, 11: ministeria belli,Liv. 4, 27: imbres,Lucr. 5, 216: vis,id. 1, 286; 4, 1210: res,id. 6, 1282: mors,Quint. 7, 2, 14: casus,id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73: tristia,Val. Max. 1, 6, 12: silentium,Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque; syn. subitarius),Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.: aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: homo,rash,Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.): non percussor ille subitus erumpet?Quint. 6, 2, 31; so, manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,Tac. H. 3, 47: subitum inopinatumque venisse,Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3: evadere,Flor. 4, 2, 59.
* Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly: per subitum erumpit clamor,Sil. 10, 505; so, per subitum,id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145; 15, 404: in subitum,id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med.—Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4: nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,id. Ps. 2, 2, 7: ita abripuit repente sese subito,id. Mil. 2, 2, 21: subito tanta te impendent mala,Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2: cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,Cic. Font. 19, 42: ex oculis subito fugit,Verg. G. 4, 499: cum subito ecce,Cic. Caecin. 10, 30: ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19: subito deficere,Quint. 7, 2, 14: quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23: tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,Caes. B. G. 1, 39: subito opprimi,Liv. 41, 3: si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.: subito dicere,without preparation, extempore,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150: quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,id. ib. 1, 59, 252: neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,id. Sull. 25, 69: aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so, dicere,Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12: inventa (opp. domo allata),id. 4, 5, 4: cum subito evaserunt,Col. 9, 9, 3: tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,so quickly,Nep. Dat. 7, 3.