subject (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Brought under1. subjectus2. dicto audiens3. subdĭtus (rare)II. Exposed or liable1. obnoxius2. subjectus • subject (adj.): I. Brought under: 1. subjectus: s. to you, s. tibi, Plin. Pan. 24: s. to and dependent on you, s. atque obnoxii vobis, Liv. 7, 30, ad init.: to spare the s., parcere subjectis, Virg. Aen. 6, 854. 2. dicto audiens: Liv. 5, 3, ad fin.: v. obedient. 3. subdĭtus (rare): s. to Pluto's sway, Plutonis s. regno, Tib. 4, 1, 67. Or expr. by the verb, v. to subject. Phr.: to become completely s. to the king, sub jus judiciumque regis venire, Liv. 39, 24, med. II. Exposed or liable: 1. obnoxius: s. to disease, o. morbo, Plin. 17, 24: s. to insults, o. contumeliis, Suet. Tib. 63. 2. subjectus: daily and hourly more s. to envy, subjectior in diem et horam invidiae, Hor. Sat. 2, 6, 47: s. to (of a particular disease), is sometimes expr. by the termination -ōsus: e. g. s. to the gripes tormĭnōsus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27. Phr.: human affairs are s. to chance, habet mortalia casus, Lucan 2, 13: to be s. to the will of another, alieni arbitrii esse, Suet. Claud. 2: to be s. to punishment, poenâ teneri, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5: your mistress will be s. to your cognizance, notitiae suberit amica tuae, Ov. A. A. 1, 398: the s.-matter of the discussion, materia ad argumentum subjecta, Cic. Part. 11, 38: the s.-matter of philosophy, subjecta quasi materia sapientiae, Cic. de Fin. 3, 19. [N.B.--The quasi is important.] The s.-matter of a speech, materia orationis, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145: to furnish s.-matter for discussion, materiam sermonibus praebere, Tac. H. 4, 4: v. matter.
subject (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A person under dominion1. prīvātus2. subjectus3. cīvis4. pārentes (pl.)II. A matter or theme1. rēs, rĕi (rēi, Lucr.), f.2. argūmentum3. lŏcus (pl. loci in this sense), (strictly a point or division of a subject)4. quaestio5. mātĕria (of a book)III. (Logic and grammat.)1. subjectum, Mart. Cap.2. pars subjectiva, Appul.IV. Medic. t. t.; perh. *corpus or *corpus mortui incidendum, consecandum.V. A bad fellow • subject (subs.): I. A person under dominion: 1. prīvātus: Plin. Pan. 10: he seemed greater than a s. while in a s.'s rank, major privato visus dum p. fuit, Tac. H. 1, 49. As fem. privāta (mulier), Hor. Od. 1, 37, extr. 2. subjectus: valour and high spirit in s.s are offensive to rulers, virtus ac ferocia subjectorum ingrata imperantibus, Tac. Agr. 31. 3. cīvis: as a king to his s.s, ut rex civibus suis, Cic. ap. Augustin.: a good s., civis bonus, Cic.: an excellent and most loyal s., civis optimus atque fidelissimus, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 6. 4. pārentes (pl.): Sall. J. 102: what with disloyal s.s and unjust rulers, inter male parentes et injuste imperantes, Tac. Agr. 32. Or expr. by adj. or verb: e. g., wishes to have foreign nations loyal allies rather than wretched s.s, malit exteras gentes fide et societate junctas habere quam tristi subjectas servitio, Liv. 26, 49. II. A matter or theme: 1. rēs, rĕi (rēi, Lucr.), f.: an important s., r. magna, Cic. Rull. 2, 41: a s. of dispute, r. controversa, id. Leg. 1, 20, 52: or, id de quo agitur, disseritur, cf. id. Acad. 4, 6, 18: the s. of our enquiry, id quod quaerimus, id. Off. 1, 4, 14: if the speaker be not master of his s., si res non subest (orationi) ab oratore percepta et cognita, id. de Or. 1, 12, 50: v. discussion, argument, enquiry. For s.-matter, v. adj., II. Phr.: they have led me from the s., abstulerunt me velut de spatio, Liv. 35, 40. 2. argūmentum: the s. of a letter, a. epistolae, Cic. Att. 10, 13: the s. (or plot) of a play, poem, etc., fabulae, carminis a., Plaut.: Ter.: Liv. 7, 2: the s. (of a work of art), a., Cic.: Ov.: Virg.: s. of a picture by Parrhasius, Parrhasii tabulae a., Suet. Tib. 44. 3. lŏcus (pl. loci in this sense), (strictly a point or division of a subject): an extensive s., l. longe lateque patens, Cic. Or. 21, 72: the s. has been clearly stated, l. perpurgatus est, Cic. de Div. 2, 1, 2. 4. quaestio: the nature of the gods is a very hard and obscure s., perdifficilis et perobscura est q. de natura deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1. Phr.: to change the s., sermonem alio transferre, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133. 5. mātĕria (of a book): Plin. Ep. 1, 2. III. (Logic and grammat.): that of which any thing is predicated: 1. subjectum, Mart. Cap. 2. pars subjectiva, Appul. IV. Medic. t. t.; perh. *corpus or *corpus mortui incidendum, consecandum. V. A bad fellow: a bad subject (Fr. mauvais sujet), homo perditus, nebulo: Cic.: Hor.
subject (v.) Copy link Outline I. To place under1. subjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 32. suppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 33. substĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3II. To expose • subject (v.): I. To place under: 1. subjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: men s. themselves to the authority of another, s. se homines imperio alterius et potestati, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22: v. to submit. 2. suppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: Ov. Fast. 1, 306: Pers. 5, 36. 3. substĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: they were s.'d to the charge, s. crimini, Plin. Ep. 6, 31: v. to subdue, reduce. Phr.: (the human race) s.'d itself to laws and strict codes, sponte sua cecidit sub leges artaque jura, Lucr. 5, 1147. II. To expose: obnoxium reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: subjĭcio, 3: v. to expose. Phr. the body was s.'d to a thousand insults, corpus plurimis ludibriis vexatum, Tac. Hist. 1, 49.
SUBJECT Copy link • SUBJECT 1. adj., Under the dominion of another, imperio, or ditioni, or sub alicujus dominationem subjectus (under the authority of): alicui parens (obedient to): alicui obnoxius (under the power of; Tac. has subjecti, subjects): To be subject to, esse in alicujus ditione, or ditione ac potestate; alicujus juris esse aut haberi; sub dominationem alicujus, or alicujus rei subjectum, esse: alicui or alicui rei obnoxium esse. Exposed, liable, obnoxius: subjectus (☞ not subditus). 2. s. A matter, point, res (a thing, in general; e.g., a subject of importance, res magna, res magni momenti): argumentum (for speaking or writing upon, subject matter. ☞ Avoid materia or materies = only the materials, thoughts, etc., used in working out a subject; and thema, which Quintilian ventures to use only with velut prefixed; instead of which he [5, 10, 9] recommends the classical argumentum; Vid: Spald, in loc; but Cic. says, materia ad argumentum subjecta): causa (the point at issue): locus (a single point, chief point; especially of a philosophical system, which forms the subject of discussion; e.g., omnis philosophiae locus, Cic., Or., 33, 118; hic locus a Zenone tractatus est, Cic., N.D., 2, 24, 63): quaestio: id quod quaerimus: id quod positum or propositum est, propositum (question proposed, subject of investigation, especially of a philosophical one): positio (a proposition defended; Quint., 2, 10, 15. ☞ Avoid the foreign thesis, although it is used by Quintilian; Vid: Spald. in loc.): sententia, sententiae (principal thought or thoughts): summa (main subject; e.g., of a letter, conversation, etc.). Topic or matter of discussion, quaestio: controversia: res controversa: disceptatio. Often by circumlocution with quod cadit in controversiam or disceptationem. To make anything the subject of discussion, rem in controversiam vocare, adducere, deducere: the subject under discussion is, who, etc., quaeritur, quis, etc.; quaestio est, quis, etc.; in quaestione versatur, etc.: to change the subject, sermonem alio transferre. (In logic), subjectum (Marcellinus, Cap.); pars subjectiva (Apul.): de quo aliquid declaratur (Apul.). One under the dominion or authority of another, [Vid. SUBJECT, adjective]. A man, homo. A bad or troublesome subject, homo nequam. 3. v. subjicere: obnoxium reddere.