The corpus record — Latin

perdomo

perdomo · v. a

To tame

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Hercules 2 · 2.63/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Elegiae 2 · 1.62/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 3 · 1.14/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

per-dŏmo — Lewis & Short

per-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, āre, v. a.

I To tame or subdue thoroughly, to subjugate completely, to conquer, vanquish, overcome, etc. (Aug.; syn. subigo): ad perdomandum Latium exercitum circumducere, Liv. 8, 13: Hispaniam, id. 28, 12: Apulia perdomita, id. 9, 20: gentes, Vell. 2, 95, 2: regionem, Just. 2, 3, 15: urbes, Luc. 2, 644: serpentes, tauros feroces, to tame, subdue, Ov. H. 12, 163; id. M. 1, 447: boves, Col. 6, 2.—

B Transf., to work thoroughly, to knead: farinam assiduā tractatione, Sen. Ep. 90, 23; cf.: perdomitam saxo Cererem, prepared, i. e. ground, Stat. Th. 1, 524.—

II Trop.: ut nono demum sulco (solum) perdometur, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.

Where it came from

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