sŭbĭgo — Lewis & Short
sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (sūbĭgĭt, scanned with u long, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106), v. a.sub-ago,
I to bring under, get under; bring or get up, or up to any place.
I Lit. (mostly poet.):
sues antequam aestus incipiat, subigunt in umbrosum locum,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 6:
qui adverso flumine lembum Remigiis subigit,i. e. rows up stream, Verg. G. 1, 202:
naves ad castellum,Liv. 26, 7:
classem ad moenia,Sil. 15, 218:
saxum contra ardua montis,id. 13, 610:
frondosum apicem ad sidera,id. 17, 641 et saep.:
celsos sonipedes ocius subigit jugo,brings under the yoke, Sen. Hippol. 1002.—In mal. part.:
ancillam,i. e. to lie with, Aus. Epigr. 142; cf. Suet. Caes. 49.—
B In gen., to turn up from beneath, to break up, dig up, plough, cultivate; to work, knead; to rub down, sharpen, whet; to tame, break (class.;
syn. domo): terram ferro,Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45 fin.:
locum subigere oportet bene: ubi erit subactus, areas facito,to turn over and over, turn up, Cato, R. R. 161, 1: segetes aratris, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 401, 9:
agrum bipalio,Col. 3, 5, 3:
glebas,Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
vomere terram,Ov. M. 11, 31:
arva,Verg. G. 1, 125.—Poet.:
ratem conto,to work, move, Verg. A. 6, 302:
pontum remis,i. e. to plough, furrow, Val. Fl. 1, 471:
farinam in mortarium indito, aquae paulatim addito subigitoque pulchre: ubi bene subegeris, defingito,knead it thoroughly, Cato, R. R. 74; so,
corium pilis,id. ib. 18, 7: harenam argillae usque ad lentorem, id. ap. Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 111:
panem,Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 105:
aliquid oleo,id. 32, 10, 44, § 126:
digitis opus,Ov. M. 6, 20:
subigunt in cote secures,i. e. sharpen, Verg. A. 7, 627:
pressa manu (pecudum) terga,to rub down, Col. 6, 30, 1:
(beluam) facilem ad subigendum frenat,easy to be tamed, Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67; cf.
vitulos,Col. 6, 2, 1:
ubera,Vulg. Ezech. 23, 3.—
II Trop.
A To put down, overcome, conquer, subjugate, subject, subdue, etc. (freq. in prose and poetry):
plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium,Naev. Bell. Pan. Fr. Inc. 7 (p. 18 Vahl.):
Persas, Paphlagonas ... subegit solus,Plaut. Curc. 3, 78: tertiam partem orbis terrarum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:
quos armis subegimus,id. Balb. 10, 25:
Gallia devicta et subacta,Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:
urbes atque nationes,Sall. C. 2, 2:
totam inter Alpes fretumque Italiam armis,Flor. 1, 26, 9:
Africam,Val. Max. 6, 9, 14; Just. 30, 3, 9:
poëtae consuetudine subigere aures populi debent,Varr. L. L. 9, 11, 130:
nos in deditionem,Curt. 7, 7, 38:
vitulos,to break in, Col. 6, 2:
bos subactus,id. 6, 3.—Plur. subst.:
victi ac subacti,Cic. Font. 16, 36.—Absol.: mors amici subigit, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22.—In mal. part. (cf. signif. I.): Gallias Caesar subegit, Nicomedes Caesarem, Poët. ap. Suet. Caes. 49.—
2 To bring, incite, impel; to force, compel, constrain to any thing; constr. with ut, ad, or in aliquid; rarely with inf.:
subegi, fenore argentum ab danistā ut sumeret,Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 14:
tu me numquam subiges, redditum ut reddam tibi,id. Curc. 4, 3, 8:
subigor, ut, etc.,id. Trin. 4, 2, 6; cf.:
nec subigi queantur, ut, etc.,id. Pers. 2, 2, 12:
ut ederet socios, subigi non potuit,Tac. A. 2, 40:
egestate stipendii ad deditionem subigi,id. H. 3, 8:
ad deditionem Volscos,Liv. 6, 2:
hostes ad deditionem,id. 9, 41; 9, 1:
urbes metu subactae in dicionem,id. 28, 43:
hostes fame in deditionem,Curt. 7, 7, 18:
vis subegit verum fateri,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 9:
Tarquiniensem metu subegerat frumentum exercitui praebere,Liv. 9, 41:
subegit socios ignotae linquere terrae,Verg. A. 5, 794:
ambitio multos mortalis falsos fieri subegit,Sall. C. 10, 5:
injuria te subegit decernere, etc.,id. ib. 51, 18; cf. Tac. A. 1, 39:
insidiis subactus,Verg. A. 12, 494.—
B (Acc. to I. B.) To cultivate, of the mind; to train, discipline (very rare):
subacto mihi ingenio opus est, ut agro non semel arato sed novato et iterato, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131:
subacti atque durati bellis,Liv. 42, 52.