sublego
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sub- (“under, beneath; behind”) + legō (“gather, choose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsub.le.ɡoː/, [ˈs̠ʊbɫ̪ɛɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsub.le.ɡo/, [ˈsubleɡo]
Verb
[edit]sublegō (present infinitive sublegere, perfect active sublēgī, supine sublēctum); third conjugation
- to gather or pick up or from below, gather or search for underneath
- to take away secretly or by stealth; listen to secretly
- to choose or elect in the place of another, appoint, substitute
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “sublego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sublego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sublego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.