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subsum

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ sum.

Noun

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subsum (plural subsums)

  1. (mathematics) The sum of a subset of values.

Latin

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ sum.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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subsum (present infinitive subesse, perfect active subfuī, future participle subfutūrus); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle

  1. (intransitive) to be under, among or behind
    • 1361 November 19, “Lübeck an Reval: theilt die Aug. 1 zu Greifswald von den Seestädten gefassten Beschlüsse mit”, in Hanserecesse, volumes I Die Recesse und andere Akten der Hansetage von 1256–1430, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, published 1870, page 193:
      Petimus eciam non haberi pro ingrato, quod premissa non prius fecimus vobis intimari; causa suffuit, quod hujusmodi tribulacio mercatoribus evenit ita repentino, quod vestri presenciam ad hoc non poterant habere commodose.
      We pray also that it will not be deemed ungrateful that the aforesent matters have not been intimated by us before; the underlying cause was (lit. the cause underlay) that a trouble of this kind went out so sudden to the merchants that they could not have your presence without inconvenience.
  2. (intransitive) to be at the bottom
    Synonym: cedo
  3. (intransitive) to be nearby
    Synonyms: immineo, astō, contingo, stō, insto

Usage notes

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  • The perfect and future participle forms are non-Classical.

Conjugation

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References

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  • subsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • winter is at hand: hiems subest