(verb) : sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (sūbĭgĭt, scanned with u long, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106), sub-ago
* To bring under, get under; bring or get up, or up to any place.
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* (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.