súbdito

See also: subdito

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subditus.

Noun

súbdito m

  1. subject, person under another's rule
    • ca. 1376-1396, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Ystorias de Orosio :
      Diuso de aquesti tiempo, Quintilio Vario faziendose subdito de los subiectos con marauellosa soberuia et grant auaricia, de los germanos qui se rebellauan fue destruido con tres legiones. El qual tajamiento et mortaldat de la republica Cesar Agusto la tenia en tanto por mala et grieu, que muchas vegadas por el grant dolor que dende auia, dando con la cabeça a la pared cridaua: "Quintilio Vario riendeme las legiones que yo te di."
      Before this time, Quinctilius Varus, having become a subject of the conquered with marvelous arrogance and great greed, was destroyed by German rebels along with three legions. Augustus took this reduction [in the forces], this mortality of the Republic, so badly and with such grief, that he would often, in great pain, hit his head against a wall shouting, "Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!"

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subditus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in Juan Ruiz.

Noun

súbdito m

  1. subject, person under another's rule
    • early 14th century, Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 13:
      Otrosi puede el papa sus decretales far / en que a sus subditos manda çierta pena dar
      Moreover, the Pope can emit decrees, in which he orders his subjects to pay a certain penalty

Descendants

  • Spanish: súbdito

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin subditus.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsu.bdi.tu/ [ˈsu.βði.tu]

  • Hyphenation: súb‧di‧to

Noun

súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)

  1. European Portuguese standard spelling of súdito.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish súbdito, borrowed from Latin subditus.

Adjective

súbdito (feminine súbdita, masculine plural súbditos, feminine plural súbditas)

  1. subject

Noun

súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)

  1. subject (citizen in a monarchy or person ruled over by another)

Further reading

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