(verb) : sub -sum, no
* Perf., esse, , to be under, among, or behind; to be near, close, or at hand (class.): ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,there is nothing underneath,Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69; Lucr. 3, 873; cf. id. 4, 1082: si quid intra cutem subest ulceris, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: subucula subest tunicae,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96: nigra subest lingua palato,Verg. G. 3, 388: suberat Pan ilicis umbrae Tib. 2, 5, 27: cum sol Oceano subest,Hor. C. 4, 5, 40.
* To be near, to be at hand, of places and persons: mons suberat,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: montes,id. B. C. 1, 65: vallis,id. ib. 1, 79: planities,Liv. 27, 18: vicina taberna,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24: templa mari,Ov. M. 11, 359; cf.: regnum Ariobarzanis illi, Sall. Ep. Mithrid. ad Arsac. med.: me subesse propinquis locis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2.
* Trop., to be underneath, be at the bottom, be or exist under, lie concealed in: in quā (legatione) periculi suspitio non subesset,Cic. Phil. 9, 2, 4: in quā re nulla subesset suspitio,id. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; and simply suspitio,id. Quint. 21, 66: eadem causa subest,id. Off. 1, 12, 38: causa aliqua,id. Fin. 5, 10, 29; cf.: si his vitiis ratio non subesset,id. N. D. 3, 28, 71: ratio,Auct. Her. 1, 17, 27; Quint. 9, 3, 6: si negabimus temere famam Naxi solere, quin subsit aliquid,Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12: si ulla spes salutis nostrae subesset,Cic. Att. 3, 25: nam illi regi amabili, Cyro, subest ad inmutandi animi licentiam crudelissimus ille Phalaris,id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Quint. 3, 5, 9: saepe solent auro multa subesse mala,are hid under, exist under,Tib. 1, 9, 18: subest silentio facinus,Curt. 6, 9, 11 et saep.— Poet.: notitiae suberit amica tuae,will be subject to your cognizance,Ov. A. A. 1, 398.