subvenio

Latin

Etymology

From sub- (“under, up towards”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /subˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [s̠ʊbˈu̯ɛnioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈve.ni.o/, [subˈvɛːnio]

Verb

subveniō (present infinitive subvenīre, perfect active subvēnī, supine subventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

to support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue
- 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 4:
  Nōn est nostrī ingenī, vestrī auxilī est, iūdicēs, huius innocentiae sīc in hāc calamitōsā fāmā quasi in aliquā perniciōsissimā flammā atque in commūnī incendiō subvenīre.
  1856 translation by C. D. Yonge
  It is a matter requiring your aid, O judges; it becomes you to come to the assistance of the innocence of this man attacked by such a ruinous calumny, as you would in the case of a destructive fire or of a general conflagration.
- 13th c., Lucas of Tuy, De Altera Vita, prologue:
  videntur in parte favere temerario studio falsitatis […] asserentes praelatos Ecclesiae Christi animabus mortuorum fidelium remissionum indulgentiis non posse ullatenus subvenire
  They [heretics] seem, in part, to favour a reckless zeal for falsehood […] asserting that the prelates of Christ's church cannot help, to any extent, the souls of the faithful dead with sin-forgiving indulgences
to come up, come to mind, occur to

Usage notes

In Classical Latin, subveniō was intransitive, with its object expressed in the dative case.
In Medieval Latin, subveniō was sometimes transitive.

Conjugation

Conjugation of subveniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subveniō	subvenīs	subvenit	subvenīmus	subvenītis	subveniunt
	imperfect	subveniēbam	subveniēbās	subveniēbat	subveniēbāmus	subveniēbātis	subveniēbant
	future	subveniam	subveniēs	subveniet	subveniēmus	subveniētis	subvenient
	perfect	subvēnī	subvēnistī	subvēnit	subvēnimus	subvēnistis	subvēnērunt, subvēnēre
	pluperfect	subvēneram	subvēnerās	subvēnerat	subvēnerāmus	subvēnerātis	subvēnerant
	future perfect	subvēnerō	subvēneris	subvēnerit	subvēnerimus	subvēneritis	subvēnerint
passive	present	—	—	subvenītur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	subveniēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	subveniētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	subventum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	subventum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	subventum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subveniam	subveniās	subveniat	subveniāmus	subveniātis	subveniant
	imperfect	subvenīrem	subvenīrēs	subvenīret	subvenīrēmus	subvenīrētis	subvenīrent
	perfect	subvēnerim	subvēnerīs	subvēnerit	subvēnerīmus	subvēnerītis	subvēnerint
	pluperfect	subvēnissem	subvēnissēs	subvēnisset	subvēnissēmus	subvēnissētis	subvēnissent
passive	present	—	—	subveniātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	subvenīrētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	subventum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	subventum esset, subventum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	subvenī	—	—	subvenīte	—
active	future	—	subvenītō	subvenītō	—	subvenītōte	subveniuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		subvenīre	subvēnisse	subventūrum esse	subvenīrī	subventum esse	—
participles		subveniēns	—	subventūrus	—	subventum	subveniendum, subveniundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		subveniendī	subveniendō	subveniendum	subveniendō	subventum	subventū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: subvenir
English: subvene
French: souvenir, subvenir
Italian: sovvenire
Romanian: subveni
Spanish: subvenir, suvenir

References

“subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“subvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
subvenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.