LAT
sublego
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Lewis Short
(verb) : sub-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3
* To gather from below, to gather or search for underneath, to gather up: (puer) sublegit quodcumque jaceret inutile quodque Posset cenantes offendere,Hor. S. 2, 8, 12: baca tempestatibus in terram decidit et necesse est eam sublegere,Col. 12, 52, 1: ficum viridem,id. 12, 17, 1.
* In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.
* To choose or elect in the place of another, to substitute: collegae, qui una lecti: et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti: additi, allecti,Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; Plebisc. Viator. tab. 1, line 41; tab. 2, line 4; 10: in demortuorum locum,Liv. 23, 23: in numerum patriciorum,Tac. A. 11, 25: senatum,Just. 3, 3, 2: principes Latinorum in ordinem suum,Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.
* Trop.: clam alicujus sermonem,to overhear,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 98; so, sermonem hinc, Turp. ap. Non. 332, 30 (Com. Fragm. 5 Rib.): carmina,Verg. E. 9, 21.
* To gather from below, to gather or search for underneath, to gather up: (puer) sublegit quodcumque jaceret inutile quodque Posset cenantes offendere,Hor. S. 2, 8, 12: baca tempestatibus in terram decidit et necesse est eam sublegere,Col. 12, 52, 1: ficum viridem,id. 12, 17, 1.
* In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.
* To choose or elect in the place of another, to substitute: collegae, qui una lecti: et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti: additi, allecti,Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; Plebisc. Viator. tab. 1, line 41; tab. 2, line 4; 10: in demortuorum locum,Liv. 23, 23: in numerum patriciorum,Tac. A. 11, 25: senatum,Just. 3, 3, 2: principes Latinorum in ordinem suum,Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.
* Trop.: clam alicujus sermonem,to overhear,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 98; so, sermonem hinc, Turp. ap. Non. 332, 30 (Com. Fragm. 5 Rib.): carmina,Verg. E. 9, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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