subtractus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of subtrahō.

Participle

subtractus (feminine subtracta, neuter subtractum); first/second-declension participle

1. removed, withdrawn, subtracted, taken away
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.26.20:

     Cum dēfēcerint ligna, extinguētur ignis: et susurrōne subtractō, iūrgia conquiēscent.

     • 1752 translation by Douay-Rheims, Challoner rev.

       When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	subtractus	subtracta	subtractum		subtractī	subtractae	subtracta
genitive	subtractī	subtractae	subtractī		subtractōrum	subtractārum	subtractōrum
dative	subtractō	subtractae	subtractō		subtractīs
accusative	subtractum	subtractam	subtractum		subtractōs	subtractās	subtracta
ablative	subtractō	subtractā	subtractō		subtractīs
vocative	subtracte	subtracta	subtractum		subtractī	subtractae	subtracta

Descendants

• English: subtract
• Italian: sottratto

References

• “subtractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• subtractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.